Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17474
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: 103.988 minutes
Inclination: 65.3699 deg
SMA: 7325.121 km
Apoapsis: 952.739 km
Periapsis: 941.234 km
RAAN: 346.7339 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007853
Argument of periapsis: 223.8283 deg
Mean anomaly: 238.9946 deg
Mean motion: 13.84779231 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002359 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0021664 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:33 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 14442U 77121BE 25296.43992413 .00002359 00000-0 21664-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 14442 65.3699 346.7339 0007853 223.8283 238.9946 13.84779231369016
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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