Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
19261
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: 102.312 minutes
Inclination: 82.9717 deg
SMA: 7246.206 km
Apoapsis: 916.358 km
Periapsis: 819.784 km
RAAN: 116.7187 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0066638
Argument of periapsis: 51.2768 deg
Mean anomaly: 309.4337 deg
Mean motion: 14.0746225 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000443 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024821 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 9:25 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 07560U 72062D 25129.39273523 .00000443 00000-0 24821-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 07560 82.9717 116.7187 0066638 51.2768 309.4337 14.07462250582783
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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