Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
19948
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.8
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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: 1971-020C
Object number (NORAD): 5052
Object ID (CCSDS): 5052
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.833 minutes
Inclination: 65.8221 deg
SMA: 7364.748 km
Apoapsis: 997.983 km
Periapsis: 975.242 km
RAAN: 344.7975 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00154394
Argument of periapsis: 270.2226 deg
Mean anomaly: 174.5593 deg
Mean motion: 13.73617953 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000015 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000070296124 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 3:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 05052U 71020C 25300.66576689 -.00000015 00000-0 70296-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 05052 65.8221 344.7975 0015439 270.2226 174.5593 13.73617953737275
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
ASAT target satellite
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 4’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 18, 1971, 9:45 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 18, 1971, 9:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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