COSMOS 970 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

17525

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: 105.152 minutes

Inclination: 65.8424 deg

SMA: 7379.704 km

Apoapsis: 1105.007 km

Periapsis: 898.13 km

RAAN: 178.7297 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0140166

Argument of periapsis: 231.8125 deg

Mean anomaly: 127.0244 deg

Mean motion: 13.6944429 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000305 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00041191 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:16 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 9:05 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 10881U 77121AC 25345.87868278 .00000305 00000-0 41191-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 10881 65.8424 178.7297 0140166 231.8125 127.0244 13.69444290391656

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.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
SCOUT A R/B	SSO	2025-11-05 12:48:54	0.0001272234	81.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
COSMOS 962	LEO	2024-11-18 18:57:46	0.0001910355	591.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
THORAD AGENA D DEB	SSO	2024-09-15 17:47:36	0.0001838579	219.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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