Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
13590
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: 1988-053E
Object number (NORAD): 43117
Object ID (CCSDS): 43117
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.137 minutes
Inclination: 74.0506 deg
SMA: 7143.144 km
Apoapsis: 779.677 km
Periapsis: 750.341 km
RAAN: 118.9384 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00205348
Argument of periapsis: 341.1481 deg
Mean anomaly: 18.891 deg
Mean motion: 14.38032395 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000277 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000099853287 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 8:48 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 43117U 88053E 25242.36698424 .00000277 00000-0 99853-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 43117 74.0506 118.9384 0020535 341.1481 18.8910 14.38032395401539
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 45’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 21, 1988, 4:26 p.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 45
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 21, 1988, 4:26 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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