Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
18502
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: 98.165 minutes
Inclination: 74.057 deg
SMA: 7049.048 km
Apoapsis: 680.626 km
Periapsis: 661.2 km
RAAN: 302.3565 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013779
Argument of periapsis: 193.6605 deg
Mean anomaly: 166.4194 deg
Mean motion: 14.66922204 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003715 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00066828 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 6:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 08829U 74071D 25127.76518025 .00003715 00000-0 66828-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 08829 74.0570 302.3565 0013779 193.6605 166.4194 14.66922204753926
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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