Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17367
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: 105.703 minutes
Inclination: 65.514 deg
SMA: 7405.434 km
Apoapsis: 1108.929 km
Periapsis: 945.669 km
RAAN: 153.6681 deg
Eccentricy: 0.011023
Argument of periapsis: 50.6782 deg
Mean anomaly: 341.0323 deg
Mean motion: 13.62313182 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000135 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00026581 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10888U 77121AK 25188.90483862 .00000135 00000-0 26581-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 10888 65.5140 153.6681 0110230 50.6782 341.0323 13.62313182358892
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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