Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
17124
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 1978-063C
Object number (NORAD): 13497
Object ID (CCSDS): 13497
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.283 minutes
Inclination: 74.0536 deg
SMA: 7054.717 km
Apoapsis: 684.015 km
Periapsis: 669.149 km
RAAN: 51.1189 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010536
Argument of periapsis: 341.7482 deg
Mean anomaly: 73.9928 deg
Mean motion: 14.65154411 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003343 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0006267 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 1:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 13497U 78063C 25128.54765150 .00003343 00000-0 62670-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 13497 74.0536 51.1189 0010536 341.7482 73.9928 14.65154411270784
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
Military communications satellite
SL-8 DEB * was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 18’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 21, 1978, 9:27 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 18
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 21, 1978, 9:27 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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