Key statistics
Satellite SL-3 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
15845
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
81.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-3 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-3 R/B
International designator: 1982-013B
Object number (NORAD): 13068
Object ID (CCSDS): 13068
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.773 minutes
Inclination: 81.1757 deg
SMA: 6885.741 km
Apoapsis: 522.776 km
Periapsis: 492.436 km
RAAN: 87.1508 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022031
Argument of periapsis: 285.6197 deg
Mean anomaly: 74.2602 deg
Mean motion: 15.19416111 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003163 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014731 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 8:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-3 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 13068U 82013B 25188.86368718 .00003163 00000-0 14731-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 13068 81.1757 87.1508 0022031 285.6197 74.2602 15.19416111367405
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Real-time ground track for satellite SL-3 R/B.
Associated space launch
Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.
SL-3 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 33’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 19, 1982, 1:42 a.m. from 16/2.
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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 33
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 19, 1982, 1:42 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M
Launch pad: 16/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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