Key statistics
Satellite SL-3 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
22387
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.1
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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: 1964-053C
Object number (NORAD): 21126
Object ID (CCSDS): 21126
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.002 minutes
Inclination: 65.0781 deg
SMA: 7041.236 km
Apoapsis: 713.316 km
Periapsis: 612.886 km
RAAN: 345.951 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00713152
Argument of periapsis: 293.2803 deg
Mean anomaly: 173.393 deg
Mean motion: 14.69364087 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001789 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00031183668 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:50 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-3 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 21126U 64053C 25346.28500089 .00001789 00000-0 31184-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 21126 65.0781 345.9510 0071315 293.2803 173.3930 14.69364087238481
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 1’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 28, 1964, 4 p.m. from 31/6.
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 28, 1964, 4 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M
Launch pad: 31/6
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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