Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
16424
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: 1980-039B
Object number (NORAD): 11804
Object ID (CCSDS): 11804
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.611 minutes
Inclination: 82.9393 deg
SMA: 7354.378 km
Apoapsis: 992.562 km
Periapsis: 959.925 km
RAAN: 111.8962 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022189
Argument of periapsis: 101.3692 deg
Mean anomaly: 258.9959 deg
Mean motion: 13.76524107 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000171 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015848 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 9:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 11804U 80039B 25127.91528686 .00000171 00000-0 15848-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 11804 82.9393 111.8962 0022189 101.3692 258.9959 13.76524107257504
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 24’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on May 20, 1980, 9:21 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 24
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 20, 1980, 9:21 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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