Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11710
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
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: 1993-036C
Object number (NORAD): 23007
Object ID (CCSDS): 23007
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.488 minutes
Inclination: 74.0249 deg
SMA: 7112.247 km
Apoapsis: 741.332 km
Periapsis: 726.893 km
RAAN: 39.236 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010151
Argument of periapsis: 76.3023 deg
Mean anomaly: 346.1571 deg
Mean motion: 14.47413085 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000857 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024068 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 23007U 93036C 25188.91487359 .00000857 00000-0 24068-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 23007 74.0249 39.2360 0010151 76.3023 346.1571 14.47413085680246
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite. Destroyed in a collision with Iridium 33.
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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