Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
17469
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: 100.358 minutes
Inclination: 65.6624 deg
SMA: 7153.656 km
Apoapsis: 1027.543 km
Periapsis: 523.5 km
RAAN: 172.1291 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03522975
Argument of periapsis: 69.898 deg
Mean anomaly: 310.0488 deg
Mean motion: 14.34863741 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00020144 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0034953221 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 10:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 20032U 77121BW 25291.92622309 .00020144 00000-0 34953-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 20032 65.6624 172.1291 0352297 69.8980 310.0488 14.34863741620631
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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