Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17426
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.4
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: 1977-121BE
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: 104.01 minutes
Inclination: 65.3683 deg
SMA: 7326.163 km
Apoapsis: 954.22 km
Periapsis: 941.836 km
RAAN: 108.6069 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0008452
Argument of periapsis: 207.1886 deg
Mean anomaly: 237.8785 deg
Mean motion: 13.84483935 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002916 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0026732266 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 6:23 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 14442U 77121BE 25248.76621271 .00002916 00000-0 26732-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 14442 65.3683 108.6069 0008452 207.1886 237.8785 13.84483935362413
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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