Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17370
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-8 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: SL-8 DEB
International designator: 1977-119C
Object number (NORAD): 10524
Object ID (CCSDS): 10524
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.149 minutes
Inclination: 74.0252 deg
SMA: 7000.358 km
Apoapsis: 627.188 km
Periapsis: 617.258 km
RAAN: 10.026 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007093
Argument of periapsis: 89.1738 deg
Mean anomaly: 271.0252 deg
Mean motion: 14.82253143 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003783 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00047778 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 1:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 10524U 77119C 25187.56443972 .00003783 00000-0 47778-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 10524 74.0252 10.0260 0007093 89.1738 271.0252 14.82253143515078
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 16’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 16, 1977, 4:25 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 16
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 16, 1977, 4:25 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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