Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17430
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.5
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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: 1977-121AK
Object number (NORAD): 10888
Object ID (CCSDS): 10888
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.701 minutes
Inclination: 65.5173 deg
SMA: 7405.341 km
Apoapsis: 1111.747 km
Periapsis: 942.664 km
RAAN: 0.9053 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01141628
Argument of periapsis: 23.1997 deg
Mean anomaly: 8.7235 deg
Mean motion: 13.6233904 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000115 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024111058 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:49 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 7:17 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10888U 77121AK 25251.30348374 .00000115 00000-0 24111-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 10888 65.5173 0.9053 0114163 23.1997 8.7235 13.62339040366829
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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