Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17309
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.8
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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: 1977-121AL
Object number (NORAD): 10889
Object ID (CCSDS): 10889
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.628 minutes
Inclination: 65.8274 deg
SMA: 7355.171 km
Apoapsis: 1078.303 km
Periapsis: 875.768 km
RAAN: 14.9309 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0137682
Argument of periapsis: 325.811 deg
Mean anomaly: 33.4143 deg
Mean motion: 13.76301636 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000415 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00047354 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 9:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10889U 77121AL 25130.37650941 .00000415 00000-0 47354-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 10889 65.8274 14.9309 0137682 325.8110 33.4143 13.76301636369498
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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