Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
17281
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: 104.684 minutes
Inclination: 82.9314 deg
SMA: 7357.774 km
Apoapsis: 993.143 km
Periapsis: 966.134 km
RAAN: 227.2054 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0018354
Argument of periapsis: 319.5136 deg
Mean anomaly: 158.4859 deg
Mean motion: 13.75571331 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000015 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000000033251 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, 3:15 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 10732U 78028B 25187.63551376 .00000015 00000-0 -33251-7 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 10732 82.9314 227.2054 0018354 319.5136 158.4859 13.75571331373776
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
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.
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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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