Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
17525
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 100.282 minutes
Inclination: 65.6633 deg
SMA: 7150.023 km
Apoapsis: 1023.269 km
Periapsis: 520.506 km
RAAN: 22.7103 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03515811
Argument of periapsis: 41.4261 deg
Mean anomaly: 353.3915 deg
Mean motion: 14.3595766 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00010105 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017229008 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:09 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 20032U 77121BW 25346.13142856 .00010105 00000-0 17229-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 20032 65.6633 22.7103 0351581 41.4261 353.3915 14.35957660628410
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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