Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
13373
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 1989-005C
Object number (NORAD): 19831
Object ID (CCSDS): 19831
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.499 minutes
Inclination: 74.0682 deg
SMA: 7065.05 km
Apoapsis: 694.497 km
Periapsis: 679.333 km
RAAN: 355.9293 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00107315
Argument of periapsis: 81.8122 deg
Mean anomaly: 31.962 deg
Mean motion: 14.61941218 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003662 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00073615519 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 10:07 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 19831U 89005C 25249.42208796 .00003662 00000-0 73616-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 19831 74.0682 355.9293 0010732 81.8122 31.9620 14.61941218931092
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 46’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 26, 1989, 3:36 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 46
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 26, 1989, 3:36 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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