Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17366
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: 104.029 minutes
Inclination: 65.3676 deg
SMA: 7327.074 km
Apoapsis: 958.65 km
Periapsis: 939.228 km
RAAN: 262.3555 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013254
Argument of periapsis: 230.2428 deg
Mean anomaly: 239.9173 deg
Mean motion: 13.84225619 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001365 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012975 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 2:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 14442U 77121BE 25188.59318461 .00001365 00000-0 12975-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 14442 65.3676 262.3555 0013254 230.2428 239.9173 13.84225619354618
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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