Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
16976
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: 1978-105C
Object number (NORAD): 11113
Object ID (CCSDS): 11113
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.062 minutes
Inclination: 74.0211 deg
SMA: 6996.147 km
Apoapsis: 621.82 km
Periapsis: 614.204 km
RAAN: 205.9439 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0005443
Argument of periapsis: 143.3143 deg
Mean anomaly: 216.8409 deg
Mean motion: 14.83591522 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005824 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00070995 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 3:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 11113U 78105C 25127.63777162 .00005824 00000-0 70995-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 11113 74.0211 205.9439 0005443 143.3143 216.8409 14.83591522459672
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 19’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 16, 1978, 9:45 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 19
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 16, 1978, 9:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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