Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
19276
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: 65.8262 deg
SMA: 7364.783 km
Apoapsis: 1003.232 km
Periapsis: 970.064 km
RAAN: 10.0448 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022518
Argument of periapsis: 256.9266 deg
Mean anomaly: 216.1717 deg
Mean motion: 13.73608039 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000045 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000038083 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 8:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 06210U 72074C 25189.86984301 -.00000045 00000-0 38083-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 06210 65.8262 10.0448 0022518 256.9266 216.1717 13.73608039645348
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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