Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
16549
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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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: 1980-022B
Object number (NORAD): 11736
Object ID (CCSDS): 11736
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.593 minutes
Inclination: 82.9435 deg
SMA: 7353.511 km
Apoapsis: 1000.44 km
Periapsis: 950.311 km
RAAN: 132.8241 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0034085
Argument of periapsis: 142.1479 deg
Mean anomaly: 218.2084 deg
Mean motion: 13.76767682 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000023 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0000071421 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 11736U 80022B 25188.89920717 .00000023 00000-0 71421-5 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 11736 82.9435 132.8241 0034085 142.1479 218.2084 13.76767682275372
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 6’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 17, 1980, 9:37 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 17, 1980, 9:37 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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