Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
17483
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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: 1977-119E
Object number (NORAD): 18512
Object ID (CCSDS): 18512
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.093 minutes
Inclination: 74.0231 deg
SMA: 6949.508 km
Apoapsis: 573.404 km
Periapsis: 569.342 km
RAAN: 310.6799 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00029224
Argument of periapsis: 244.8704 deg
Mean anomaly: 296.3558 deg
Mean motion: 14.98551596 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00012242 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010233086 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 27, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 26, 2025, 7:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 18512U 77119E 25299.80158565 .00012242 00000-0 10233-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 18512 74.0231 310.6799 0002922 244.8704 296.3558 14.98551596173423
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 16’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 16, 1977, 4:25 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 16
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 16, 1977, 4:25 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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