Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
15405
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: 104.419 minutes
Inclination: 82.9707 deg
SMA: 7345.339 km
Apoapsis: 997.343 km
Periapsis: 937.064 km
RAAN: 36.394 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0041032
Argument of periapsis: 277.3332 deg
Mean anomaly: 82.3164 deg
Mean motion: 13.79065858 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000119 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010149 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 8:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 14059U 83042B 25189.85234312 .00000119 00000-0 10149-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 14059 82.9707 36.3940 0041032 277.3332 82.3164 13.79065858121129
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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