Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
17421
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.7
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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: 1977-121BW
Object number (NORAD): 20032
Object ID (CCSDS): 20032
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.432 minutes
Inclination: 65.6635 deg
SMA: 7157.183 km
Apoapsis: 1033.27 km
Periapsis: 524.826 km
RAAN: 304.2158 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03551982
Argument of periapsis: 95.0444 deg
Mean anomaly: 78.2366 deg
Mean motion: 14.33803302 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0001304 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0023084637 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 1, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 31, 2025, 9:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 20032U 77121BW 25243.91316199 .00013040 00000-0 23085-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 20032 65.6635 304.2158 0355198 95.0444 78.2366 14.33803302613740
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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