Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
15803
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
Latest
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: 1982-051D
Object number (NORAD): 18502
Object ID (CCSDS): 18502
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.647 minutes
Inclination: 74.0604 deg
SMA: 7072.125 km
Apoapsis: 695.197 km
Periapsis: 692.784 km
RAAN: 309.6433 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00017056
Argument of periapsis: 265.7011 deg
Mean anomaly: 247.4106 deg
Mean motion: 14.59747821 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002799 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00059241354 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 3:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 18502U 82051D 25248.63364936 .00002799 00000-0 59241-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 18502 74.0604 309.6433 0001706 265.7011 247.4106 14.59747821129973
Live tracking on map
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 *.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
SL-8 DEB * was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 28’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 1, 1982, 4:37 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 28
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 1, 1982, 4:37 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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