Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
16484
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: 82.9419 deg
SMA: 7354.358 km
Apoapsis: 990.576 km
Periapsis: 961.87 km
RAAN: 67.5725 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0019516
Argument of periapsis: 297.5807 deg
Mean anomaly: 62.3367 deg
Mean motion: 13.76529767 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000074 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000060417 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, 2:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 11804U 80039B 25187.59174648 .00000074 00000-0 60417-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 11804 82.9419 67.5725 0019516 297.5807 62.3367 13.76529767265712
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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