Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
16549
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1980-056D
Object number (NORAD): 14809
Object ID (CCSDS): 14809
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.967 minutes
Inclination: 74.0347 deg
SMA: 7087.395 km
Apoapsis: 715.905 km
Periapsis: 702.615 km
RAAN: 181.515 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009376
Argument of periapsis: 174.4974 deg
Mean anomaly: 249.4593 deg
Mean motion: 14.55032849 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002825 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00066143 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 14809U 80056D 25294.78883323 .00002825 00000-0 66143-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 14809 74.0347 181.5150 0009376 174.4974 249.4593 14.55032849257686
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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