Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17367
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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: 1977-121AE
Object number (NORAD): 10883
Object ID (CCSDS): 10883
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.671 minutes
Inclination: 65.8429 deg
SMA: 7357.198 km
Apoapsis: 1074.759 km
Periapsis: 883.367 km
RAAN: 357.6413 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0130071
Argument of periapsis: 266.2133 deg
Mean anomaly: 246.5609 deg
Mean motion: 13.75732803 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000032 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00038954 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 9:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10883U 77121AE 25189.88826002 .00000320 00000-0 38954-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 10883 65.8429 357.6413 0130071 266.2133 246.5609 13.75732803375062
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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