Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17426
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: 1977-121AX
Object number (NORAD): 12869
Object ID (CCSDS): 12869
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.586 minutes
Inclination: 65.7891 deg
SMA: 7353.183 km
Apoapsis: 1029.975 km
Periapsis: 920.122 km
RAAN: 284.3273 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00746977
Argument of periapsis: 85.1209 deg
Mean anomaly: 66.2321 deg
Mean motion: 13.76859647 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000819 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00089502319 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:29 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 12:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 12869U 77121AX 25246.51343963 .00000819 00000-0 89502-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 12869 65.7891 284.3273 0074698 85.1209 66.2321 13.76859647379513
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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