Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
19437
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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: 1972-043D
Object number (NORAD): 6065
Object ID (CCSDS): 6065
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.256 minutes
Inclination: 74.0618 deg
SMA: 6957.396 km
Apoapsis: 586.038 km
Periapsis: 572.485 km
RAAN: 39.2183 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00097401
Argument of periapsis: 170.2651 deg
Mean anomaly: 189.8724 deg
Mean motion: 14.9600368 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009834 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0008778814 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 4:47 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 7:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 06065U 72043D 25251.81139113 .00009834 00000-0 87788-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 06065 74.0618 39.2183 0009740 170.2651 189.8724 14.96003680815676
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Voskhod | Zenit-4M 37’, on board a Voskhod space rocket.
The launch took place on June 23, 1972, 11:19 a.m. from 43/3 (43L).
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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 37
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 23, 1972, 11:19 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Voskhod
Launch pad: 43/3 (43L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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