Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17306
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.4
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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: 1977-121BE
Object number (NORAD): 14442
Object ID (CCSDS): 14442
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.046 minutes
Inclination: 65.3692 deg
SMA: 7327.837 km
Apoapsis: 960.322 km
Periapsis: 939.083 km
RAAN: 56.8201 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0014492
Argument of periapsis: 248.2367 deg
Mean anomaly: 226.8156 deg
Mean motion: 13.84009462 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002401 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0022314 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 2:49 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 14442U 77121BE 25128.11781742 .00002401 00000-0 22314-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 14442 65.3692 56.8201 0014492 248.2367 226.8156 13.84009462345719
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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