Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20045
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: 103.547 minutes
Inclination: 74.0178 deg
SMA: 7304.387 km
Apoapsis: 929.593 km
Periapsis: 922.912 km
RAAN: 133.2452 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00045729
Argument of periapsis: 160.3627 deg
Mean anomaly: 352.4686 deg
Mean motion: 13.90679512 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000401 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00034030177 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 12:22 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 19235U 70102G 25291.01536047 .00000401 00000-0 34030-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 19235 74.0178 133.2452 0004573 160.3627 352.4686 13.90679512 52502
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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