Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17421
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 970 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 970 DEB
International designator: 1977-121AC
Object number (NORAD): 10881
Object ID (CCSDS): 10881
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.158 minutes
Inclination: 65.8437 deg
SMA: 7379.978 km
Apoapsis: 1106.959 km
Periapsis: 896.727 km
RAAN: 70.712 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01424338
Argument of periapsis: 278.9248 deg
Mean anomaly: 79.5711 deg
Mean motion: 13.69367977 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000179 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00027741954 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 9:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10881U 77121AC 25242.90403098 .00000179 00000-0 27742-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 10881 65.8437 70.7120 0142434 278.9248 79.5711 13.69367977377553
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 970 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 970 DEB.
Associated space launch
Second generation ASAT satellite
COSMOS 970 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 21, 1977, 10:35 a.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 21, 1977, 10:35 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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