Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12630
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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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: 1991-009CM
Object number (NORAD): 22842
Object ID (CCSDS): 22842
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 116.456 minutes
Inclination: 73.8797 deg
SMA: 7899.554 km
Apoapsis: 1632.886 km
Periapsis: 1409.952 km
RAAN: 274.7511 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01411052
Argument of periapsis: 334.3556 deg
Mean anomaly: 83.671 deg
Mean motion: 12.3651363 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000111 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0009641367 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:49 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 2:29 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 22842U 91009CM 25251.10374531 .00000111 00000-0 96414-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 22842 73.8797 274.7511 0141105 334.3556 83.6710 12.36513630555302
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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