Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17366
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
66.0
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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: 1977-121BL
Object number (NORAD): 14907
Object ID (CCSDS): 14907
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.277 minutes
Inclination: 66.028 deg
SMA: 7432.256 km
Apoapsis: 1112.862 km
Periapsis: 995.379 km
RAAN: 86.3004 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0079036
Argument of periapsis: 256.2523 deg
Mean anomaly: 179.6005 deg
Mean motion: 13.54945359 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000198 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00038975 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 5:18 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 14907U 77121BL 25187.86780932 .00000198 00000-0 38975-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 14907 66.0280 86.3004 0079036 256.2523 179.6005 13.54945359154574
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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