Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
14899
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: 1985-006C
Object number (NORAD): 15490
Object ID (CCSDS): 15490
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.377 minutes
Inclination: 74.0323 deg
SMA: 7059.195 km
Apoapsis: 683.787 km
Periapsis: 678.334 km
RAAN: 53.5963 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00038619
Argument of periapsis: 255.0765 deg
Mean anomaly: 104.9975 deg
Mean motion: 14.63760282 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003945 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00076206105 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 1, 2025, 7:40 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 31, 2025, 5:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 15490U 85006C 25304.73224879 .00003945 00000-0 76206-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 15490 74.0323 53.5963 0003862 255.0765 104.9975 14.63760282150134
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 36’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 17, 1985, 5:46 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 36
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 17, 1985, 5:46 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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