Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
14270
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: 1986-030D
Object number (NORAD): 17843
Object ID (CCSDS): 17843
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.371 minutes
Inclination: 74.0298 deg
SMA: 7106.682 km
Apoapsis: 738.083 km
Periapsis: 719.01 km
RAAN: 265.0418 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013419
Argument of periapsis: 96.3226 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.9463 deg
Mean motion: 14.49113677 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001715 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00045778 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 6:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 17843U 86030D 25131.77965399 .00001715 00000-0 45778-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 17843 74.0298 265.0418 0013419 96.3226 263.9463 14.49113677 46889
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 38’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 17, 1986, 9:02 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 38
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 17, 1986, 9:02 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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