Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
19478
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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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: 1972-062D
Object number (NORAD): 7560
Object ID (CCSDS): 7560
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.3 minutes
Inclination: 82.9727 deg
SMA: 7245.631 km
Apoapsis: 916.298 km
Periapsis: 818.694 km
RAAN: 306.7186 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00673537
Argument of periapsis: 125.8637 deg
Mean anomaly: 234.8818 deg
Mean motion: 14.07629871 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000527 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00029606896 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 07560U 72062D 25347.63190529 .00000527 00000-0 29607-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 07560 82.9727 306.7186 0067354 125.8637 234.8818 14.07629871613484
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
The Zaliv-GVM satellites were mass models of the Zaliv navigation satellites, which were launched as payload substitutes on some Kosmos-3M evaluation launches.
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Zaliv-GVM 3’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 16, 1972, 1:40 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv-GVM 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 16, 1972, 1:40 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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