Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12630
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.2
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: 1991-009M
Object number (NORAD): 21115
Object ID (CCSDS): 21115
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 118.335 minutes
Inclination: 74.0371 deg
SMA: 7984.264 km
Apoapsis: 1751.068 km
Periapsis: 1461.191 km
RAAN: 292.1163 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01815302
Argument of periapsis: 82.3962 deg
Mean anomaly: 37.2479 deg
Mean motion: 12.16887419 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000028 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00014279868 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:38 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 1:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 21115U 91009M 25248.55196362 -.00000028 00000-0 -14280-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 21115 74.0371 292.1163 0181530 82.3962 37.2479 12.16887419534557
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 353-360’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 12, 1991, 2:44 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 353-360
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 12, 1991, 2:44 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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