Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
19561
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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: 1971-114C
Object number (NORAD): 5778
Object ID (CCSDS): 5778
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.486 minutes
Inclination: 74.0052 deg
SMA: 6968.434 km
Apoapsis: 595.03 km
Periapsis: 585.569 km
RAAN: 323.9038 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0006789
Argument of periapsis: 132.5602 deg
Mean anomaly: 227.6154 deg
Mean motion: 14.92450478 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005952 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00058345 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 10:13 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 05778U 71114C 25187.42577587 .00005952 00000-0 58345-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 05778 74.0052 323.9038 0006789 132.5602 227.6154 14.92450478847712
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 49’, on board a Kosmos 11K63 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 17, 1971, 10:39 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 49
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 17, 1971, 10:39 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos 11K63
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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