Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 397 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20016
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.7
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 397 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 397 DEB
International designator: 1971-015CK
Object number (NORAD): 6843
Object ID (CCSDS): 6843
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.625 minutes
Inclination: 65.664 deg
SMA: 7118.787 km
Apoapsis: 970.266 km
Periapsis: 511.037 km
RAAN: 317.5341 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03225474
Argument of periapsis: 41.1433 deg
Mean anomaly: 321.3502 deg
Mean motion: 14.45419161 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00015461 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0023053579 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 397 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 06843U 71015CK 25347.66795440 .00015461 00000-0 23054-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 06843 65.6640 317.5341 0322547 41.1433 321.3502 14.45419161702240
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 397 DEB.
Associated space launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
COSMOS 397 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | I2P 6’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 25, 1971, 11:11 a.m. from 90/20.
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Tsiklon-2 | I2P 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 25, 1971, 11:11 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90/20
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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