Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
17183
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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: 1978-063B
Object number (NORAD): 10962
Object ID (CCSDS): 10962
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.817 minutes
Inclination: 74.0766 deg
SMA: 7127.943 km
Apoapsis: 766.803 km
Periapsis: 732.813 km
RAAN: 185.9365 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0023843
Argument of periapsis: 48.6475 deg
Mean anomaly: 311.6727 deg
Mean motion: 14.42634965 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000128 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000046287 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, 10:26 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 10962U 78063B 25187.43472939 .00000128 00000-0 46287-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 10962 74.0766 185.9365 0023843 48.6475 311.6727 14.42634965469461
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 18’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 21, 1978, 9:27 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 18
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 21, 1978, 9:27 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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