Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17310
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: 105.162 minutes
Inclination: 65.8457 deg
SMA: 7380.149 km
Apoapsis: 1103.999 km
Periapsis: 900.028 km
RAAN: 340.7249 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0138189
Argument of periapsis: 330.2914 deg
Mean anomaly: 29.0348 deg
Mean motion: 13.69320437 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000164 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0002616 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 7:41 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 12, 2025, 1:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10881U 77121AC 25132.54849606 .00000164 00000-0 26160-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 10881 65.8457 340.7249 0138189 330.2914 29.0348 13.69320437362449
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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