Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
16554
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1980-056C
Object number (NORAD): 14808
Object ID (CCSDS): 14808
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.347 minutes
Inclination: 74.0379 deg
SMA: 7105.513 km
Apoapsis: 736.989 km
Periapsis: 717.766 km
RAAN: 343.6176 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013527
Argument of periapsis: 354.2702 deg
Mean anomaly: 59.2742 deg
Mean motion: 14.49471382 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001763 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00046689278 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 27, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 26, 2025, 9:03 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 14808U 80056C 25299.87766731 .00001763 00000-0 46689-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 14808 74.0379 343.6176 0013527 354.2702 59.2742 14.49471382195135
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 23’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on July 1, 1980, 7:12 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 23
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 1, 1980, 7:12 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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