Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 397 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
19920
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 397 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 397 DEB
International designator: 1971-015P
Object number (NORAD): 5042
Object ID (CCSDS): 5042
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.022 minutes
Inclination: 65.6099 deg
SMA: 7326.715 km
Apoapsis: 1358.348 km
Periapsis: 538.812 km
RAAN: 175.4828 deg
Eccentricy: 0.05592798
Argument of periapsis: 73.2637 deg
Mean anomaly: 292.9013 deg
Mean motion: 13.843274 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009085 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0023716345 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:49 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 4:39 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 397 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 05042U 71015P 25251.19401566 .00009085 00000-0 23716-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 05042 65.6099 175.4828 0559280 73.2637 292.9013 13.84327400613020
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 397 DEB.
Associated space launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
COSMOS 397 DEB 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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