Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
16503
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: 1980-056D
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: 98.985 minutes
Inclination: 74.032 deg
SMA: 7088.251 km
Apoapsis: 717.791 km
Periapsis: 702.442 km
RAAN: 268.4602 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00108267
Argument of periapsis: 269.2285 deg
Mean anomaly: 153.3906 deg
Mean motion: 14.54769192 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002179 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00051451475 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 8:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 14809U 80056D 25248.85566999 .00002179 00000-0 51451-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 14809 74.0320 268.4602 0010827 269.2285 153.3906 14.54769192251003
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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