Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
14965
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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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: 1984-046B
Object number (NORAD): 14974
Object ID (CCSDS): 14974
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.565 minutes
Inclination: 82.9356 deg
SMA: 7352.214 km
Apoapsis: 1006.429 km
Periapsis: 941.728 km
RAAN: 159.2437 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0044001
Argument of periapsis: 218.192 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.8849 deg
Mean motion: 13.77132044 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000021 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00000549 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 3:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 14974U 84046B 25126.64563501 .00000021 00000-0 54900-5 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 14974 82.9356 159.2437 0044001 218.1920 263.8849 13.77132044 58301
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 11’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on May 17, 1984, 2:43 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 11
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 17, 1984, 2:43 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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