Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
15425
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: 1983-079C
Object number (NORAD): 14813
Object ID (CCSDS): 14813
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.406 minutes
Inclination: 74.0346 deg
SMA: 7108.358 km
Apoapsis: 740.596 km
Periapsis: 719.85 km
RAAN: 3.7626 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00145929
Argument of periapsis: 50.7159 deg
Mean anomaly: 126.4336 deg
Mean motion: 14.48601137 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001699 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00045833995 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 11:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 14813U 83079C 25298.96369463 .00001699 00000-0 45834-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 14813 74.0346 3.7626 0014593 50.7159 126.4336 14.48601137309299
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 32’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 3, 1983, 12:40 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 32
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 3, 1983, 12:40 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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