Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17474
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 970 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 970 DEB
International designator: 1977-121CG
Object number (NORAD): 64971
Object ID (CCSDS): 64971
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.277 minutes
Inclination: 65.8308 deg
SMA: 7385.54 km
Apoapsis: 1114.859 km
Periapsis: 899.951 km
RAAN: 325.6257 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0145492
Argument of periapsis: 311.59 deg
Mean anomaly: 207.0631 deg
Mean motion: 13.67821393 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000239 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00034891 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 1:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 64971U 77121CG 25296.54747086 .00000239 00000-0 34891-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 64971 65.8308 325.6257 0145492 311.5900 207.0631 13.67821393595093
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 970 DEB.
Associated space launch
Second generation ASAT satellite
COSMOS 970 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 21, 1977, 10:35 a.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 21, 1977, 10:35 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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