COSMOS 970 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

17365

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.9

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

65.8

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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: 103.96 minutes

Inclination: 65.7586 deg

SMA: 7323.813 km

Apoapsis: 991.203 km

Periapsis: 900.153 km

RAAN: 234.6131 deg

Eccentricy: 0.006216

Argument of periapsis: 174.1651 deg

Mean anomaly: 315.366 deg

Mean motion: 13.85150252 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000942 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00088991 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, 6:27 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 13948U 77121BD 25187.26876427 .00000942 00000-0 88991-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 13948 65.7586 234.6131 0062160 174.1651 315.3660 13.85150252255428

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
CALSPHERE 1 SSO 2025-03-01 05:40:25 0.0001876619 886.0 (m) PAYLOAD

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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Launch to space Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8
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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