SL-8 R/B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.

Uptime

17445

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.8

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.9

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: 1978-028B

Object number (NORAD): 10732

Object ID (CCSDS): 10732

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 104.682 minutes

Inclination: 82.9331 deg

SMA: 7357.7 km

Apoapsis: 993.393 km

Periapsis: 965.737 km

RAAN: 105.3351 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00187934

Argument of periapsis: 214.6338 deg

Mean anomaly: 257.9208 deg

Mean motion: 13.75591989 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000079 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000066110199 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 18, 2025, 2:19 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 17, 2025, 7:16 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B

TLE line 1: 1 10732U 78028B 25351.80346190 .00000079 00000-0 66110-4 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 10732 82.9331 105.3351 0018793 214.6338 257.9208 13.75591989396349

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
CZ-2D DEB SSO 2025-05-30 18:59:04 0.0001595484 846.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 397 DEB LEO 2025-03-11 11:29:03 0.0002091729 196.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-06-29 21:11:53 0.0001118653 146.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.

SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 25’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on March 15, 1978, 3:57 p.m. from 132/2.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 25
Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 25

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: March 15, 1978, 3:57 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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