Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
19334
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: 1972-074C
Object number (NORAD): 6210
Object ID (CCSDS): 6210
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.833 minutes
Inclination: 65.8232 deg
SMA: 7364.765 km
Apoapsis: 1002.081 km
Periapsis: 971.178 km
RAAN: 231.1585 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00209805
Argument of periapsis: 241.2892 deg
Mean anomaly: 130.1376 deg
Mean motion: 13.73613142 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000011 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000097386281 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 4:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 06210U 72074C 25246.20273296 .00000011 00000-0 97386-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 06210 65.8232 231.1585 0020980 241.2892 130.1376 13.73613142653083
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 6’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 29, 1972, 8:18 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 29, 1972, 8:18 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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