Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
16131
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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: 1981-041D
Object number (NORAD): 14346
Object ID (CCSDS): 14346
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.239 minutes
Inclination: 74.0312 deg
SMA: 6956.564 km
Apoapsis: 584.129 km
Periapsis: 572.729 km
RAAN: 158.5137 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0008194
Argument of periapsis: 337.3733 deg
Mean anomaly: 174.1071 deg
Mean motion: 14.96272126 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008286 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00073562 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 9:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 14346U 81041D 25186.37670829 .00008286 00000-0 73562-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 14346 74.0312 158.5137 0008194 337.3733 174.1071 14.96272126242692
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 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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