Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17365
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: 104.591 minutes
Inclination: 65.7897 deg
SMA: 7353.446 km
Apoapsis: 1031.82 km
Periapsis: 918.802 km
RAAN: 71.8359 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0076847
Argument of periapsis: 116.6765 deg
Mean anomaly: 31.0709 deg
Mean motion: 13.76785859 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000052 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00059779 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 12869U 77121AX 25187.09473422 .00000520 00000-0 59779-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 12869 65.7897 71.8359 0076847 116.6765 31.0709 13.76785859371333
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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