Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 970 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17474
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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: 1977-121DZ
Object number (NORAD): 65012
Object ID (CCSDS): 65012
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.154 minutes
Inclination: 65.6299 deg
SMA: 7285.917 km
Apoapsis: 995.798 km
Periapsis: 819.765 km
RAAN: 190.0912 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01208036
Argument of periapsis: 42.7442 deg
Mean anomaly: 318.2948 deg
Mean motion: 13.95971251 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001986 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014217771 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 4:15 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 970 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 65012U 77121DZ 25292.17759926 .00001986 00000-0 14218-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 65012 65.6299 190.0912 0120804 42.7442 318.2948 13.95971251605574
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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