Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
19674
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1971-114C
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: 96.345 minutes
Inclination: 74.0021 deg
SMA: 6961.681 km
Apoapsis: 588.107 km
Periapsis: 578.986 km
RAAN: 95.3302 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00065507
Argument of periapsis: 235.8409 deg
Mean anomaly: 124.2154 deg
Mean motion: 14.94622641 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013038 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012044264 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, 8:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 05778U 71114C 25300.84305741 .00013038 00000-0 12044-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 05778 74.0021 95.3302 0006551 235.8409 124.2154 14.94622641864649
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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