Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
17360
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-8 R/B
International designator: 1978-022B
Object number (NORAD): 10693
Object ID (CCSDS): 10693
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.524 minutes
Inclination: 82.9837 deg
SMA: 7350.298 km
Apoapsis: 986.843 km
Periapsis: 957.482 km
RAAN: 69.8588 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00199732
Argument of periapsis: 263.2481 deg
Mean anomaly: 160.2283 deg
Mean motion: 13.7767058 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00002307171 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 1:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 10693U 78022B 25251.57957722 -.00000008 00000-0 -23072-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 10693 82.9837 69.8588 0019973 263.2481 160.2283 13.77670580388440
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 13’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 28, 1978, 6:43 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 13
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 28, 1978, 6:43 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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