Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17473
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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: 1977-121AD
Object number (NORAD): 10882
Object ID (CCSDS): 10882
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.555 minutes
Inclination: 65.8228 deg
SMA: 7351.76 km
Apoapsis: 1079.231 km
Periapsis: 868.019 km
RAAN: 260.7966 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01436473
Argument of periapsis: 241.3093 deg
Mean anomaly: 117.3469 deg
Mean motion: 13.77259498 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000518 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00055967401 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 22, 2025, 9:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10882U 77121AD 25295.89857951 .00000518 00000-0 55967-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 10882 65.8228 260.7966 0143647 241.3093 117.3469 13.77259498393714
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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