Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
15846
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
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: 1982-012B
Object number (NORAD): 13066
Object ID (CCSDS): 13066
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.548 minutes
Inclination: 82.8966 deg
SMA: 7351.411 km
Apoapsis: 1004.238 km
Periapsis: 942.314 km
RAAN: 178.8476 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0042117
Argument of periapsis: 287.1537 deg
Mean anomaly: 134.8173 deg
Mean motion: 13.77357538 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000017 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000031839 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 10:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 13066U 82012B 25187.92199436 -.00000017 00000-0 -31839-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 13066 82.8966 178.8476 0042117 287.1537 134.8173 13.77357538180135
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 9’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 17, 1982, 9:56 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 9
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 17, 1982, 9:56 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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