Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
16601
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: 98.947 minutes
Inclination: 74.0341 deg
SMA: 7086.448 km
Apoapsis: 714.27 km
Periapsis: 702.356 km
RAAN: 84.0175 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00084063
Argument of periapsis: 47.7515 deg
Mean anomaly: 334.9504 deg
Mean motion: 14.55324665 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003275 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0007610244 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:34 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 14809U 80056D 25346.27373376 .00003275 00000-0 76102-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 14809 74.0341 84.0175 0008406 47.7515 334.9504 14.55324665265175
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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