Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 985 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17392
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 985 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 985 DEB
International designator: 1978-007D
Object number (NORAD): 23836
Object ID (CCSDS): 23836
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.59 minutes
Inclination: 82.9344 deg
SMA: 7259.338 km
Apoapsis: 909.897 km
Periapsis: 852.509 km
RAAN: 343.9111 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0039527
Argument of periapsis: 61.8047 deg
Mean anomaly: 327.0177 deg
Mean motion: 14.03644908 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001483 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00092805057 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 9:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 6:03 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 985 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 23836U 78007D 25241.25243007 .00001483 00000-0 92805-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 23836 82.9344 343.9111 0039527 61.8047 327.0177 14.03644908600268
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 985 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 985 DEB.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 985 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 12’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 17, 1978, 3:26 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 12
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 17, 1978, 3:26 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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