Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
14711
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: 1985-079C
Object number (NORAD): 17754
Object ID (CCSDS): 17754
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.152 minutes
Inclination: 74.0385 deg
SMA: 7096.229 km
Apoapsis: 727.854 km
Periapsis: 708.334 km
RAAN: 55.635 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00137532
Argument of periapsis: 180.4307 deg
Mean anomaly: 246.9708 deg
Mean motion: 14.52316692 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002381 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00059132735 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, 1:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 17754U 85079C 25347.54985046 .00002381 00000-0 59133-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 17754 74.0385 55.6350 0013753 180.4307 246.9708 14.52316692113076
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 37’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 4, 1985, 7:05 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 37
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 4, 1985, 7:05 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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