Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
17183
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1978-063C
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: 98.265 minutes
Inclination: 74.0521 deg
SMA: 7053.866 km
Apoapsis: 683.5 km
Periapsis: 667.961 km
RAAN: 297.9736 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011015
Argument of periapsis: 224.5233 deg
Mean anomaly: 198.4959 deg
Mean motion: 14.65419573 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000181 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0003399 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:37 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 13497U 78063C 25187.40100679 .00001810 00000-0 33990-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 13497 74.0521 297.9736 0011015 224.5233 198.4959 14.65419573279050
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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