Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17429
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.8
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: 1977-121AL
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: 104.621 minutes
Inclination: 65.8247 deg
SMA: 7354.841 km
Apoapsis: 1080.318 km
Periapsis: 873.094 km
RAAN: 74.791 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01408759
Argument of periapsis: 269.2858 deg
Mean anomaly: 89.2062 deg
Mean motion: 13.76394272 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000336 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0003962531 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 12:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10889U 77121AL 25251.50604716 .00000336 00000-0 39625-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 10889 65.8247 74.7910 0140876 269.2858 89.2062 13.76394272386169
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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