Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
15500
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: 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: 104.563 minutes
Inclination: 82.9497 deg
SMA: 7352.116 km
Apoapsis: 1001.879 km
Periapsis: 946.084 km
RAAN: 263.866 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00379451
Argument of periapsis: 143.8082 deg
Mean anomaly: 216.5655 deg
Mean motion: 13.77159347 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000005632217 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 6:46 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 13950U 83023B 25247.28199830 .00000010 00000-0 -56322-5 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 13950 82.9497 263.8660 0037945 143.8082 216.5655 13.77159347131602
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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