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
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: 103.96 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.
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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