Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17475
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: 103.937 minutes
Inclination: 65.76 deg
SMA: 7322.726 km
Apoapsis: 984.197 km
Periapsis: 904.984 km
RAAN: 317.4142 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0054087
Argument of periapsis: 115.2819 deg
Mean anomaly: 8.2559 deg
Mean motion: 13.85458803 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001407 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001291 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 24, 2025, 9:06 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 24, 2025, 5:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 13948U 77121BD 25297.21963372 .00001407 00000-0 12910-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 13948 65.7600 317.4142 0054087 115.2819 8.2559 13.85458803270658
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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