Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17365
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.8
Latest
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: 105.16 minutes
Inclination: 65.8423 deg
SMA: 7380.062 km
Apoapsis: 1106.377 km
Periapsis: 897.476 km
RAAN: 209.0264 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0141531
Argument of periapsis: 304.8772 deg
Mean anomaly: 53.9049 deg
Mean motion: 13.69344694 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000142 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023733 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 9 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10881U 77121AC 25186.37557101 .00000142 00000-0 23733-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 10881 65.8423 209.0264 0141531 304.8772 53.9049 13.69344694369813
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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