Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
14068
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1987-049C
Object number (NORAD): 18526
Object ID (CCSDS): 18526
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.315 minutes
Inclination: 74.0328 deg
SMA: 7056.239 km
Apoapsis: 679.378 km
Periapsis: 676.83 km
RAAN: 194.5392 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001806
Argument of periapsis: 152.98 deg
Mean anomaly: 359.6524 deg
Mean motion: 14.64680266 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003767 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00071341 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 12:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18526U 87049C 25346.03860568 .00003767 00000-0 71341-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 18526 74.0328 194.5392 0001806 152.9800 359.6524 14.64680266 32014
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 42’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 9, 1987, 2:45 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 42
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 9, 1987, 2:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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