Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
15421
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 1983-079B
Object number (NORAD): 14241
Object ID (CCSDS): 14241
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.18 minutes
Inclination: 74.0598 deg
SMA: 7145.184 km
Apoapsis: 778.305 km
Periapsis: 755.793 km
RAAN: 52.8047 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015753
Argument of periapsis: 84.4575 deg
Mean anomaly: 275.8375 deg
Mean motion: 14.37416583 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000475 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016735 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 14241U 83079B 25294.75629285 .00000475 00000-0 16735-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 14241 74.0598 52.8047 0015753 84.4575 275.8375 14.37416583210245
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 32’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 3, 1983, 12:40 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 32
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 3, 1983, 12:40 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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