Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17525
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: 1977-121AT
Object number (NORAD): 12865
Object ID (CCSDS): 12865
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.727 minutes
Inclination: 65.7705 deg
SMA: 7359.789 km
Apoapsis: 1026.0 km
Periapsis: 937.308 km
RAAN: 274.147 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0060254
Argument of periapsis: 144.251 deg
Mean anomaly: 278.9766 deg
Mean motion: 13.75006401 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000105 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011675 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 9:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 12865U 77121AT 25345.90480352 .00001050 00000-0 11675-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 12865 65.7705 274.1470 0060254 144.2510 278.9766 13.75006401 71430
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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