Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17525
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: 103.923 minutes
Inclination: 65.758 deg
SMA: 7322.077 km
Apoapsis: 984.449 km
Periapsis: 903.435 km
RAAN: 190.188 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00553213
Argument of periapsis: 84.1864 deg
Mean anomaly: 338.3784 deg
Mean motion: 13.85642909 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001575 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014313364 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 13948U 77121BD 25347.66157440 .00001575 00000-0 14313-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 13948 65.7580 190.1880 0055321 84.1864 338.3784 13.85642909277641
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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