Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17309
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: 103.97 minutes
Inclination: 65.7612 deg
SMA: 7324.306 km
Apoapsis: 993.504 km
Periapsis: 898.839 km
RAAN: 14.3753 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0064624
Argument of periapsis: 199.3209 deg
Mean anomaly: 283.4074 deg
Mean motion: 13.85010374 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001131 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010554 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 7:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 13948U 77121BD 25131.81403272 .00001131 00000-0 10554-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 13948 65.7612 14.3753 0064624 199.3209 283.4074 13.85010374247746
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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