Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
18338
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
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: 1975-094E
Object number (NORAD): 14865
Object ID (CCSDS): 14865
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.151 minutes
Inclination: 74.0184 deg
SMA: 7000.435 km
Apoapsis: 623.556 km
Periapsis: 621.043 km
RAAN: 189.2106 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00017948
Argument of periapsis: 255.1886 deg
Mean anomaly: 169.1411 deg
Mean motion: 14.82228833 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006332 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0007971543 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 14865U 75094E 25347.66067860 .00006332 00000-0 79715-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 14865 74.0184 189.2106 0001795 255.1886 169.1411 14.82228833721042
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 10’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 30, 1975, 6:37 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 10
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 30, 1975, 6:37 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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