Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17525
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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: 1977-121AW
Object number (NORAD): 12868
Object ID (CCSDS): 12868
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.75 minutes
Inclination: 65.7632 deg
SMA: 7360.875 km
Apoapsis: 1027.2 km
Periapsis: 938.28 km
RAAN: 304.3569 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0060401
Argument of periapsis: 189.9067 deg
Mean anomaly: 234.704 deg
Mean motion: 13.74702121 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001228 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013582 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, 11:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 12868U 77121AW 25345.99484999 .00001228 00000-0 13582-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 12868 65.7632 304.3569 0060401 189.9067 234.7040 13.74702121386260
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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