Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8360
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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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: 2002-054E
Object number (NORAD): 27769
Object ID (CCSDS): 27769
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.29 minutes
Inclination: 98.2553 deg
SMA: 7007.089 km
Apoapsis: 649.32 km
Periapsis: 608.589 km
RAAN: 152.1368 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00290641
Argument of periapsis: 124.3928 deg
Mean anomaly: 236.0037 deg
Mean motion: 14.80117864 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006525 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00086097256 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 7:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 27769U 02054E 25290.81799646 .00006525 00000-0 86097-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 27769 98.2553 152.1368 0029064 124.3928 236.0037 14.80117864221760
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
ALSAT 1 was an Algerian imaging minisatellite. The 90-kg satellite was the first part of an international Disaster Monitoring System (DMS) for alerting natural/man-made disasters.
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | AlSat-1’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 28, 2002, 6:07 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | AlSat-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 28, 2002, 6:07 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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