Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
17035
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1978-105B
Object number (NORAD): 11112
Object ID (CCSDS): 11112
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.099 minutes
Inclination: 74.0294 deg
SMA: 7141.339 km
Apoapsis: 787.566 km
Periapsis: 738.841 km
RAAN: 152.0746 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0034115
Argument of periapsis: 311.7108 deg
Mean anomaly: 48.1129 deg
Mean motion: 14.38577641 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000187 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000069428 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, 8:43 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 11112U 78105B 25187.36327081 .00000187 00000-0 69428-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 11112 74.0294 152.0746 0034115 311.7108 48.1129 14.38577641442106
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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 19’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 16, 1978, 9:45 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 19
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 16, 1978, 9:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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