Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
16132
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1981-041C
Object number (NORAD): 13498
Object ID (CCSDS): 13498
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.988 minutes
Inclination: 74.0148 deg
SMA: 7040.605 km
Apoapsis: 668.187 km
Periapsis: 656.752 km
RAAN: 249.9593 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0008121
Argument of periapsis: 60.659 deg
Mean anomaly: 60.8423 deg
Mean motion: 14.69561718 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001708 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00029285 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 13498U 81041C 25187.86667885 .00001708 00000-0 29285-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 13498 74.0148 249.9593 0008121 60.6590 60.8423 14.69561718354250
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB *.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
SL-8 DEB * was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 24’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on May 7, 1981, 1:21 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 24
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 7, 1981, 1:21 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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