Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
13591
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
Latest
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: 1988-053C
Object number (NORAD): 19260
Object ID (CCSDS): 19260
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.672 minutes
Inclination: 74.0604 deg
SMA: 7073.3 km
Apoapsis: 699.159 km
Periapsis: 691.17 km
RAAN: 167.9043 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00056474
Argument of periapsis: 29.6329 deg
Mean anomaly: 89.6083 deg
Mean motion: 14.59384289 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003121 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00066485973 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 19260U 88053C 25248.92613721 .00003121 00000-0 66486-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 19260 74.0604 167.9043 0005647 29.6329 89.6083 14.59384289960286
Live tracking on map
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.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 45’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 21, 1988, 4:26 p.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 45
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 21, 1988, 4:26 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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