SL-8 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

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

Latest

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: 1003.247 km

Periapsis: 970.049 km

RAAN: 12.3531 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0022538

Argument of periapsis: 257.2046 deg

Mean anomaly: 266.5837 deg

Mean motion: 13.73607999 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000036 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000047297 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:24 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 06210U 72074C 25188.93358829 -.00000036 00000-0 47297-4 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 06210 65.8262 12.3531 0022538 257.2046 266.5837 13.73607999645210

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SL-8 DEB.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 951 DEB LEO 2024-07-27 06:23:13 0.00081733 50.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 6
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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