Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12570
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.2
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: 1991-009EA
Object number (NORAD): 60605
Object ID (CCSDS): 60605
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 118.048 minutes
Inclination: 74.0539 deg
SMA: 7971.371 km
Apoapsis: 1737.441 km
Periapsis: 1449.031 km
RAAN: 302.0931 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0180904
Argument of periapsis: 68.0191 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.9957 deg
Mean motion: 12.19840999 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000077 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00058445 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 12, 2025, 5:51 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 12, 2025, 9:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 60605U 91009EA 25193.41072965 -.00000077 00000-0 -58445-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 60605 74.0539 302.0931 0180904 68.0191 293.9957 12.19840999517911
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 353-360’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 12, 1991, 2:44 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 353-360
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 12, 1991, 2:44 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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