Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
14328
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: 99.362 minutes
Inclination: 74.0295 deg
SMA: 7106.234 km
Apoapsis: 738.376 km
Periapsis: 717.822 km
RAAN: 157.8178 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0014462
Argument of periapsis: 329.3616 deg
Mean anomaly: 30.6698 deg
Mean motion: 14.49250722 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00026994 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 17843U 86030D 25188.93829789 .00001003 00000-0 26994-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 17843 74.0295 157.8178 0014462 329.3616 30.6698 14.49250722 55161
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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