Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17321
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 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: 99.347 minutes
Inclination: 82.9215 deg
SMA: 7105.54 km
Apoapsis: 738.34 km
Periapsis: 716.469 km
RAAN: 168.7275 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00153901
Argument of periapsis: 10.081 deg
Mean anomaly: 118.9263 deg
Mean motion: 14.4946307 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00010096 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0026270105 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 5:48 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 13474U 78034C 25242.24234170 .00010096 00000-0 26270-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 13474 82.9215 168.7275 0015390 10.0810 118.9263 14.49463070420398
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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