Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 397 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20021
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.6
Latest
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: 103.892 minutes
Inclination: 65.6086 deg
SMA: 7320.65 km
Apoapsis: 1352.294 km
Periapsis: 532.736 km
RAAN: 276.1433 deg
Eccentricy: 0.05597579
Argument of periapsis: 25.9139 deg
Mean anomaly: 336.8848 deg
Mean motion: 13.86048082 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007325 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0018300402 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 8:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 397 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 05042U 71015P 25352.85074829 .00007325 00000-0 18300-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 05042 65.6086 276.1433 0559758 25.9139 336.8848 13.86048082627104
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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