Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 985 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17337
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: 102.599 minutes
Inclination: 82.9306 deg
SMA: 7259.768 km
Apoapsis: 909.082 km
Periapsis: 854.183 km
RAAN: 27.2459 deg
Eccentricy: 0.003781
Argument of periapsis: 221.0458 deg
Mean anomaly: 195.8391 deg
Mean motion: 14.03520264 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000977 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00060958 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 1:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 985 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 23836U 78007D 25185.58234038 .00000977 00000-0 60958-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 23836 82.9306 27.2459 0037810 221.0458 195.8391 14.03520264592450
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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