Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
14842
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: 1985-006D
Object number (NORAD): 15491
Object ID (CCSDS): 15491
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.285 minutes
Inclination: 74.0432 deg
SMA: 7102.58 km
Apoapsis: 735.656 km
Periapsis: 713.234 km
RAAN: 169.5033 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00157841
Argument of periapsis: 306.8467 deg
Mean anomaly: 53.1245 deg
Mean motion: 14.50369215 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002403 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00062169169 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, 7:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 15491U 85006D 25248.81408063 .00002403 00000-0 62169-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 15491 74.0432 169.5033 0015784 306.8467 53.1245 14.50369215130086
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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