Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
15600
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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 SL-8 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-8 R/B
International designator: 1983-023B
Object number (NORAD): 13950
Object ID (CCSDS): 13950
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.562 minutes
Inclination: 82.9539 deg
SMA: 7352.074 km
Apoapsis: 1000.536 km
Periapsis: 947.343 km
RAAN: 189.3413 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00361759
Argument of periapsis: 223.0123 deg
Mean anomaly: 136.8205 deg
Mean motion: 13.77171148 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000014948262 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 13950U 83023B 25347.68979991 .00000030 00000-0 14948-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 13950 82.9539 189.3413 0036176 223.0123 136.8205 13.77171148145422
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 37’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 30, 1983, 1:10 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 37
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 30, 1983, 1:10 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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