Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17470
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: 1977-121DU
Object number (NORAD): 65007
Object ID (CCSDS): 65007
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.132 minutes
Inclination: 65.8401 deg
SMA: 7378.771 km
Apoapsis: 1105.301 km
Periapsis: 895.971 km
RAAN: 324.5161 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0141846
Argument of periapsis: 274.3076 deg
Mean anomaly: 197.1383 deg
Mean motion: 13.69703863 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000508 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00062607474 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 5:17 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 65007U 77121DU 25292.72015226 .00000508 00000-0 62607-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 65007 65.8401 324.5161 0141846 274.3076 197.1383 13.69703863595163
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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