SL-8 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

14276

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.2

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.9

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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: 1986-086C

Object number (NORAD): 18552

Object ID (CCSDS): 18552

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.072 minutes

Inclination: 82.9159 deg

SMA: 7187.571 km

Apoapsis: 828.189 km

Periapsis: 790.683 km

RAAN: 280.9895 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00260907

Argument of periapsis: 145.8047 deg

Mean anomaly: 344.6188 deg

Mean motion: 14.24720168 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00005425 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0023153342 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:35 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 18552U 86086C 25346.27482975 .00005425 00000-0 23153-2 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 18552 82.9159 280.9895 0026091 145.8047 344.6188 14.24720168996413

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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.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
THOR BURNER 2 R/B	SSO	2025-11-23 19:57:03	0.0001117632	461.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-01-02 17:17:10	0.0003032034	949.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-12-14 03:27:20	0.0003480455	75.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2024-11-10 12:48:43	0.0001487414	675.0 (m)	DEBRIS
DIAMANT R/B	LEO	2024-07-06 09:15:37	0.0001757712	591.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY

Associated space launch

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 14’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Nov. 13, 1986, 6:10 a.m. from 132/2.

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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 14

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Nov. 13, 1986, 6:10 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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