Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
17307
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-8 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-8 R/B
International designator: 1978-019B
Object number (NORAD): 10677
Object ID (CCSDS): 10677
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.895 minutes
Inclination: 74.0379 deg
SMA: 7131.646 km
Apoapsis: 764.61 km
Periapsis: 742.411 km
RAAN: 263.6663 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015564
Argument of periapsis: 330.7884 deg
Mean anomaly: 29.24 deg
Mean motion: 14.41511598 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000142 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000051753 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 4:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 10677U 78019B 25187.69155293 .00000142 00000-0 51753-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 10677 74.0379 263.6663 0015564 330.7884 29.2400 14.41511598486014
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 17’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 17, 1978, 4:33 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 17
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 17, 1978, 4:33 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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