SL-8 DEB *

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.

Uptime

16046

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: 1982-001C

Object number (NORAD): 13029

Object ID (CCSDS): 13029

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.621 minutes

Inclination: 73.9679 deg

SMA: 7022.989 km

Apoapsis: 649.78 km

Periapsis: 639.927 km

RAAN: 94.4448 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00070149

Argument of periapsis: 237.2908 deg

Mean anomaly: 177.9796 deg

Mean motion: 14.75094434 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00007063 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0010510657 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 2:11 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *

TLE line 1: 1 13029U 82001C 25346.09150566 .00007063 00000-0 10511-2 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 13029 73.9679 94.4448 0007015 237.2908 177.9796 14.75094434268468

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 *.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B	SSO	2025-10-16 05:13:30	0.0003555877	222.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2025-02-02 00:20:13	0.000133593	204.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2024-11-14 12:01:31	0.000470948	587.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Military communications satellite

SL-8 DEB * was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 26’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Jan. 7, 1982, 3:38 p.m. from 132/2.

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 26

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Jan. 7, 1982, 3:38 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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