Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
17408
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: 104.523 minutes
Inclination: 82.9912 deg
SMA: 7350.252 km
Apoapsis: 988.565 km
Periapsis: 955.668 km
RAAN: 34.9409 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00223778
Argument of periapsis: 129.18 deg
Mean anomaly: 347.342 deg
Mean motion: 13.77683508 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000124 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010835209 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 7:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 10693U 78022B 25298.79784260 .00000124 00000-0 10835-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 10693 82.9912 34.9409 0022378 129.1800 347.3420 13.77683508394944
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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