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
65.4
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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: 103.962 minutes
Inclination: 65.368 deg
SMA: 7323.909 km
Apoapsis: 947.001 km
Periapsis: 944.547 km
RAAN: 215.6171 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00016757
Argument of periapsis: 299.1262 deg
Mean anomaly: 128.5485 deg
Mean motion: 13.85123034 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003058 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.002769666 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, 4:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 14442U 77121BE 25347.70279558 .00003058 00000-0 27697-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 14442 65.3680 215.6171 0001676 299.1262 128.5485 13.85123034376110
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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