Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17305
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: 104.087 minutes
Inclination: 65.7442 deg
SMA: 7329.761 km
Apoapsis: 1067.279 km
Periapsis: 835.973 km
RAAN: 47.6731 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0157786
Argument of periapsis: 182.8817 deg
Mean anomaly: 177.1357 deg
Mean motion: 13.83464546 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000318 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00033022 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10887U 77121AJ 25127.84912284 .00000318 00000-0 33022-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 10887 65.7442 47.6731 0157786 182.8817 177.1357 13.83464546382087
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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