Key statistics
Satellite SL-3 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
19429
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
81.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-3 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: SL-3 DEB
International designator: 1972-049C
Object number (NORAD): 20348
Object ID (CCSDS): 20348
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.697 minutes
Inclination: 81.242 deg
SMA: 7264.37 km
Apoapsis: 922.256 km
Periapsis: 850.215 km
RAAN: 331.8451 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00495846
Argument of periapsis: 98.6113 deg
Mean anomaly: 262.0675 deg
Mean motion: 14.02186521 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000129 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000075011377 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:49 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-3 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 20348U 72049C 25250.95523423 .00000129 00000-0 75011-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 20348 81.2420 331.8451 0049585 98.6113 262.0675 14.02186521718464
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-3 DEB.
Associated space launch
The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.
SL-3 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 12 (26L)’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 30, 1972, 6:52 p.m. from 41/1.
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 12 (26L)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 30, 1972, 6:52 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M
Launch pad: 41/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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