Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
18665
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 1974-071D
Object number (NORAD): 8829
Object ID (CCSDS): 8829
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.096 minutes
Inclination: 74.0593 deg
SMA: 7045.754 km
Apoapsis: 676.753 km
Periapsis: 658.484 km
RAAN: 347.7789 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00129649
Argument of periapsis: 204.3678 deg
Mean anomaly: 155.6881 deg
Mean motion: 14.67951047 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004523 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00079403583 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 9:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 08829U 74071D 25290.91469449 .00004523 00000-0 79404-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 08829 74.0593 347.7789 0012965 204.3678 155.6881 14.67951047777857
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 DEB.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
SL-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 9’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 11, 1974, 5:40 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 9
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 11, 1974, 5:40 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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