Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17530
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
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: 106.27 minutes
Inclination: 66.0284 deg
SMA: 7431.902 km
Apoapsis: 1105.772 km
Periapsis: 1001.762 km
RAAN: 63.807 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00699752
Argument of periapsis: 178.7122 deg
Mean anomaly: 246.579 deg
Mean motion: 13.55042103 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000025 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00046391079 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 15, 2025, 8:47 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 15, 2025, 6:52 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 14907U 77121BL 25349.28675412 .00000250 00000-0 46391-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 14907 66.0284 63.8070 0069975 178.7122 246.5790 13.55042103176446
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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