Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
16649
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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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: 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: 98.839 minutes
Inclination: 82.9071 deg
SMA: 7081.297 km
Apoapsis: 710.046 km
Periapsis: 696.277 km
RAAN: 54.0184 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009722
Argument of periapsis: 118.5736 deg
Mean anomaly: 241.6445 deg
Mean motion: 14.56912832 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00014498 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0032213 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 15, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 15, 2025, 1:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 12404U 80022C 25288.54961274 .00014498 00000-0 32213-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 12404 82.9071 54.0184 0009722 118.5736 241.6445 14.56912832331478
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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