Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
18562
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: 98.145 minutes
Inclination: 74.0553 deg
SMA: 7048.104 km
Apoapsis: 678.278 km
Periapsis: 661.66 km
RAAN: 187.3594 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011789
Argument of periapsis: 57.3836 deg
Mean anomaly: 302.847 deg
Mean motion: 14.67216702 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001975 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00035586 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 10:21 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 08829U 74071D 25187.43183179 .00001975 00000-0 35586-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 08829 74.0553 187.3594 0011789 57.3836 302.8470 14.67216702762676
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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