Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 397 at a glance.
Uptime
19854
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.7
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 397.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 397
International designator: 1971-015A
Object number (NORAD): 4964
Object ID (CCSDS): 4964
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 112.956 minutes
Inclination: 65.7222 deg
SMA: 7740.467 km
Apoapsis: 2154.844 km
Periapsis: 569.821 km
RAAN: 133.8619 deg
Eccentricy: 0.1023855
Argument of periapsis: 15.2317 deg
Mean anomaly: 347.7217 deg
Mean motion: 12.74829171 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000129 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000098659 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, 6:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 397
TLE line 1: 1 04964U 71015A 25185.28848401 .00000129 00000-0 98659-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 04964 65.7222 133.8619 1023855 15.2317 347.7217 12.74829171623906
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 397.
Associated space launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
COSMOS 397 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | I2P 6’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 25, 1971, 11:11 a.m. from 90/20.
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Tsiklon-2 | I2P 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 25, 1971, 11:11 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90/20
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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