Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17425
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.8
Latest
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: 105.135 minutes
Inclination: 65.8391 deg
SMA: 7378.921 km
Apoapsis: 1104.184 km
Periapsis: 897.388 km
RAAN: 79.3444 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01401266
Argument of periapsis: 295.7718 deg
Mean anomaly: 81.914 deg
Mean motion: 13.69662215 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000329 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0004362999 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 7:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 65007U 77121DU 25245.82422059 .00000329 00000-0 43630-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 65007 65.8391 79.3444 0140127 295.7718 81.9140 13.69662215588743
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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