Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17425
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
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: 1977-121BD
Object number (NORAD): 13948
Object ID (CCSDS): 13948
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.95 minutes
Inclination: 65.7585 deg
SMA: 7323.338 km
Apoapsis: 988.406 km
Periapsis: 902.001 km
RAAN: 84.2857 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00589929
Argument of periapsis: 141.757 deg
Mean anomaly: 340.5795 deg
Mean motion: 13.85284921 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001886 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001706875 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, 9:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 13948U 77121BD 25246.90305904 .00001886 00000-0 17069-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 13948 65.7585 84.2857 0058993 141.7570 340.5795 13.85284921263687
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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