Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17466
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
66.2
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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: 1977-121AQ
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: 101.929 minutes
Inclination: 66.2098 deg
SMA: 7228.132 km
Apoapsis: 951.103 km
Periapsis: 748.892 km
RAAN: 10.4698 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01398777
Argument of periapsis: 335.7188 deg
Mean anomaly: 94.6049 deg
Mean motion: 14.12744509 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002222 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011316355 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 15, 2025, 6:23 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 15, 2025, 8:24 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 12862U 77121AQ 25288.35056350 .00002222 00000-0 11316-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 12862 66.2098 10.4698 0139878 335.7188 94.6049 14.12744509316257
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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