Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
18623
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 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: 100.22 minutes
Inclination: 74.05 deg
SMA: 7147.122 km
Apoapsis: 783.63 km
Periapsis: 754.345 km
RAAN: 130.966 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00204877
Argument of periapsis: 11.234 deg
Mean anomaly: 348.9266 deg
Mean motion: 14.36831836 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000345 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012536014 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:29 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38667U 74071E 25246.92354241 .00000345 00000-0 12536-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 38667 74.0500 130.9660 0020488 11.2340 348.9266 14.36831836636934
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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