Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17425
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1978-034C
Object number (NORAD): 13474
Object ID (CCSDS): 13474
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.209 minutes
Inclination: 82.9179 deg
SMA: 7098.961 km
Apoapsis: 727.645 km
Periapsis: 714.007 km
RAAN: 81.1907 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00096057
Argument of periapsis: 38.05 deg
Mean anomaly: 351.724 deg
Mean motion: 14.51478532 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011247 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0028072592 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:10 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 13474U 78034C 25346.25760120 .00011247 00000-0 28073-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 13474 82.9179 81.1907 0009606 38.0500 351.7240 14.51478532435475
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 4’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 31, 1978, 2:01 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 31, 1978, 2:01 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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