Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17364
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.7
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: 1977-121AJ
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: 104.083 minutes
Inclination: 65.7427 deg
SMA: 7329.577 km
Apoapsis: 1063.704 km
Periapsis: 839.18 km
RAAN: 259.979 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0153163
Argument of periapsis: 154.3957 deg
Mean anomaly: 206.4798 deg
Mean motion: 13.83516686 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000282 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030249 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 1:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10887U 77121AJ 25186.54712278 .00000282 00000-0 30249-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 10887 65.7427 259.9790 0153163 154.3957 206.4798 13.83516686390208
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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