SL-8 R/B

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.

Uptime

16644

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.1

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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: 1979-089B

Object number (NORAD): 11574

Object ID (CCSDS): 11574

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.853 minutes

Inclination: 74.0678 deg

SMA: 7129.657 km

Apoapsis: 762.935 km

Periapsis: 740.11 km

RAAN: 300.7807 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0016007

Argument of periapsis: 194.4085 deg

Mean anomaly: 165.6617 deg

Mean motion: 14.4211469 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000423 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00013635 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 5, 2025, 10:46 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 5, 2025, 7:58 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B

TLE line 1: 1 11574U 79089B 25125.83218738 .00000423 00000-0 13635-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 11574 74.0678 300.7807 0016007 194.4085 165.6617 14.42114690391920

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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
THORAD AGENA D DEB	LEO	2024-11-04 06:53:34	0.001190563	114.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-09-20 07:03:23	0.001963158	105.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-07-27 06:12:08	0.0002840495	645.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Military communications satellite

SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 22’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Oct. 11, 1979, 4:36 p.m. from 132/2.

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 22

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Oct. 11, 1979, 4:36 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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