Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
16602
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
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: 1980-022C
Object number (NORAD): 12404
Object ID (CCSDS): 12404
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.935 minutes
Inclination: 82.9065 deg
SMA: 7085.889 km
Apoapsis: 714.415 km
Periapsis: 701.093 km
RAAN: 93.7266 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009401
Argument of periapsis: 271.7033 deg
Mean anomaly: 88.3091 deg
Mean motion: 14.55496774 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00010236 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0023452775 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 9:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 12404U 80022C 25241.89047991 .00010236 00000-0 23453-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 12404 82.9065 93.7266 0009401 271.7033 88.3091 14.55496774324687
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 6’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 17, 1980, 9:37 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 17, 1980, 9:37 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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