SL-8 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

12017

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.1

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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: 1992-053C

Object number (NORAD): 24974

Object ID (CCSDS): 24974

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.351 minutes

Inclination: 74.0541 deg

SMA: 7153.326 km

Apoapsis: 790.68 km

Periapsis: 759.703 km

RAAN: 300.8694 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0021652

Argument of periapsis: 31.8604 deg

Mean anomaly: 359.8427 deg

Mean motion: 14.34962998 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000564 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00020684 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 7:50 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 24974U 92053C 25187.32705306 .00000564 00000-0 20684-3 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 24974 74.0541 300.8694 0021652 31.8604 359.8427 14.34962998471989

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SL-8 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
COSMOS 1867 COOLANT	LEO	2025-02-09 07:53:20	0.000334345	187.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-01-23 23:11:06	0.0001428569	95.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2024-11-15 11:51:20	0.0002118994	768.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Military communications satellite

SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 50’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Aug. 12, 1992, 5:44 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 50

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Aug. 12, 1992, 5:44 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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