Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
15563
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: 1983-042B
Object number (NORAD): 14059
Object ID (CCSDS): 14059
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.416 minutes
Inclination: 82.9718 deg
SMA: 7345.206 km
Apoapsis: 997.881 km
Periapsis: 936.261 km
RAAN: 279.2617 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00419459
Argument of periapsis: 192.0467 deg
Mean anomaly: 167.9693 deg
Mean motion: 13.79103335 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000098 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000080062032 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, 12:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 14059U 83042B 25347.51008392 .00000098 00000-0 80062-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 14059 82.9718 279.2617 0041946 192.0467 167.9693 13.79103335142859
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 38’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on May 6, 1983, 3 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 38
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 6, 1983, 3 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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