Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
14654
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: 99.173 minutes
Inclination: 74.0374 deg
SMA: 7097.239 km
Apoapsis: 729.994 km
Periapsis: 708.215 km
RAAN: 162.3539 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00153432
Argument of periapsis: 291.5361 deg
Mean anomaly: 83.1228 deg
Mean motion: 14.52006599 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002242 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00056088758 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 9:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 17754U 85079C 25290.91108383 .00002242 00000-0 56089-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 17754 74.0374 162.3539 0015343 291.5361 83.1228 14.52006599104856
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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