Key statistics
Satellite RADIO 8 at a glance.
Uptime
15914
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for RADIO 8.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: RADIO 8
International designator: 1981-120B
Object number (NORAD): 12998
Object ID (CCSDS): 12998
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 119.682 minutes
Inclination: 82.9608 deg
SMA: 8044.75 km
Apoapsis: 1683.03 km
Periapsis: 1650.2 km
RAAN: 305.3257 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020405
Argument of periapsis: 100.963 deg
Mean anomaly: 270.1607 deg
Mean motion: 12.03189203 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000017555 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 11, 2025, 6:37 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 11, 2025, 1:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 RADIO 8
TLE line 1: 1 12998U 81120B 25192.58247142 .00000008 00000-0 -17555-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 12998 82.9608 305.3257 0020405 100.9630 270.1607 12.03189203913206
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite RADIO 8.
Associated space launch
6 Soviet amateur radio satellites
RADIO 8 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Radio Sputnik 3 to 8’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 17, 1981, 11 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Radio Sputnik 3 to 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 17, 1981, 11 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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