Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17525
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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 970 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 970 DEB
International designator: 1977-121DE
Object number (NORAD): 64993
Object ID (CCSDS): 64993
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.907 minutes
Inclination: 65.5972 deg
SMA: 7368.223 km
Apoapsis: 1106.492 km
Periapsis: 873.684 km
RAAN: 251.3819 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01579815
Argument of periapsis: 307.1652 deg
Mean anomaly: 233.2563 deg
Mean motion: 13.72646232 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000339 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00041923178 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 12:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 64993U 77121DE 25345.53132795 .00000339 00000-0 41923-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 64993 65.5972 251.3819 0157981 307.1652 233.2563 13.72646232603819
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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