Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
15474
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: 100.177 minutes
Inclination: 74.0592 deg
SMA: 7145.034 km
Apoapsis: 779.386 km
Periapsis: 754.412 km
RAAN: 315.613 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00174767
Argument of periapsis: 330.6413 deg
Mean anomaly: 29.3757 deg
Mean motion: 14.374617 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000043 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015209088 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, 3:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 14241U 83079B 25347.64938652 .00000430 00000-0 15209-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 14241 74.0592 315.6130 0017477 330.6413 29.3757 14.37461700217844
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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