Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
18503
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1974-071E
Object number (NORAD): 38667
Object ID (CCSDS): 38667
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.224 minutes
Inclination: 74.0514 deg
SMA: 7147.296 km
Apoapsis: 784.73 km
Periapsis: 753.591 km
RAAN: 353.2088 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0021784
Argument of periapsis: 266.2954 deg
Mean anomaly: 93.5709 deg
Mean motion: 14.36779532 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000248 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000092819 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 5, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 9:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38667U 74071E 25125.91193197 .00000248 00000-0 92819-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 38667 74.0514 353.2088 0021784 266.2954 93.5709 14.36779532160173
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 9’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 11, 1974, 5:40 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 9
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 11, 1974, 5:40 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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