Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
19995
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
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: 1970-102G
Object number (NORAD): 19235
Object ID (CCSDS): 19235
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.55 minutes
Inclination: 74.0186 deg
SMA: 7304.534 km
Apoapsis: 930.953 km
Periapsis: 921.845 km
RAAN: 217.3722 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00062343
Argument of periapsis: 255.4051 deg
Mean anomaly: 283.635 deg
Mean motion: 13.90637676 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000355 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030394798 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 4:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 19235U 70102G 25241.67245172 .00000355 00000-0 30395-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 19235 74.0186 217.3722 0006234 255.4051 283.6350 13.90637676 45643
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
Ionospheric topside sounder
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Ionosfernaya Stantsiya 2’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 2, 1970, 4 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Ionosfernaya Stantsiya 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 2, 1970, 4 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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