In orbitDebris

COSMOS 970 DEB

NORAD: 12860
COSPAR: 1977-121AN

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Spacecraft

Owner: Space Defence Force, USSR Armed Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S12860, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1977-12-21
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Flight: Kosmos-970
Mission name: IS
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC90
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1977-121

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1977-121, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1977-12-21
Period: 105.6 min
Inclination: 65.81°
Apogee: 1,125 km
Perigee: 921 km
Radar cross-section: 0.014 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 970 (NORAD 10531)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris120 in total, 113 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 0 still in orbit