SL-8 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

21847

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.3

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

56.2

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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: 1965-073K

Object number (NORAD): 1618

Object ID (CCSDS): 1618

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 117.043 minutes

Inclination: 56.1782 deg

SMA: 7926.05 km

Apoapsis: 1726.667 km

Periapsis: 1369.163 km

RAAN: 312.8001 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0225525

Argument of periapsis: 184.0909 deg

Mean anomaly: 252.5397 deg

Mean motion: 12.30318503 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000058 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0011489 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 11, 2025, 6:37 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 11, 2025, 11:45 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 01618U 65073K 25192.49003513 .00000058 00000-0 11489-2 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 01618 56.1782 312.8001 0225525 184.0909 252.5397 12.30318503681187

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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.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
THORAD AGENA D DEB	SSO	2024-09-29 00:36:59	0.001145234	242.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The Strela-1 satellites were prototype store-dump communications satellites for tactical communication.

SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 25 to 29’, on board a Kosmos 65S3 space rocket.

The launch took place on Sept. 18, 1965, 7:59 a.m. from 41/15.

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Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 25 to 29

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Sept. 18, 1965, 7:59 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos 65S3

Launch pad: 41/15

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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