COSMOS 970 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

17524

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.8

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

65.7

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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: 1977-121AJ

Object number (NORAD): 10887

Object ID (CCSDS): 10887

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 104.071 minutes

Inclination: 65.7422 deg

SMA: 7329.021 km

Apoapsis: 1059.297 km

Periapsis: 842.475 km

RAAN: 221.0786 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01479202

Argument of periapsis: 73.2871 deg

Mean anomaly: 288.437 deg

Mean motion: 13.83674005 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000538 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0005158104 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 10:54 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 1:32 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 10887U 77121AJ 25345.06406993 .00000538 00000-0 51581-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 10887 65.7422 221.0786 0147920 73.2871 288.4370 13.83674005412139

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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
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-08-22 18:58:52	0.0001472245	257.0 (m)	DEBRIS
METEOR 2-9	LEO	2024-11-16 02:41:53	0.001728955	678.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-14 14:17:02	0.0004944383	614.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-11-13 01:37:48	0.0001415822	369.0 (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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