Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
18049
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1976-069D
Object number (NORAD): 13499
Object ID (CCSDS): 13499
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.469 minutes
Inclination: 74.054 deg
SMA: 7063.63 km
Apoapsis: 696.298 km
Periapsis: 674.692 km
RAAN: 322.3405 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00152941
Argument of periapsis: 248.396 deg
Mean anomaly: 225.5048 deg
Mean motion: 14.62382025 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000359 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000714382 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:47 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 13499U 76069D 25347.65804696 .00003590 00000-0 71438-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 13499 74.0540 322.3405 0015294 248.3960 225.5048 14.62382025368770
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 13’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on July 15, 1976, 1:11 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 13
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 15, 1976, 1:11 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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