Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17311
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: 104.597 minutes
Inclination: 65.7894 deg
SMA: 7353.706 km
Apoapsis: 1033.591 km
Periapsis: 917.552 km
RAAN: 208.029 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0078898
Argument of periapsis: 145.8676 deg
Mean anomaly: 248.0915 deg
Mean motion: 13.76712719 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000071 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00078656 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 7:41 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 12, 2025, 5:27 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 12869U 77121AX 25132.22712567 .00000710 00000-0 78656-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 12869 65.7894 208.0290 0078898 145.8676 248.0915 13.76712719363785
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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