Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17419
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
66.2
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: 1977-121AQ
Object number (NORAD): 12862
Object ID (CCSDS): 12862
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.943 minutes
Inclination: 66.2093 deg
SMA: 7228.792 km
Apoapsis: 949.151 km
Periapsis: 752.164 km
RAAN: 133.8702 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01362517
Argument of periapsis: 4.1155 deg
Mean anomaly: 66.8072 deg
Mean motion: 14.12551054 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002258 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011589024 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 6:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 12862U 77121AQ 25240.77458179 .00002258 00000-0 11589-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 12862 66.2093 133.8702 0136252 4.1155 66.8072 14.12551054309533
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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