Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
17596
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 1977-059D
Object number (NORAD): 14818
Object ID (CCSDS): 14818
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.356 minutes
Inclination: 74.0522 deg
SMA: 6913.959 km
Apoapsis: 536.827 km
Periapsis: 534.82 km
RAAN: 221.4019 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001451
Argument of periapsis: 45.5839 deg
Mean anomaly: 328.2448 deg
Mean motion: 15.10123963 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00042267 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0025788166 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 4:40 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 14818U 77059D 25245.19462384 .00042267 00000-0 25788-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 14818 74.0522 221.4019 0001451 45.5839 328.2448 15.10123963373924
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB *.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SL-8 DEB *.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
SL-8 DEB * was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 15’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on July 1, 1977, 11:52 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 15
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 1, 1977, 11:52 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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