Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
15080
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: 104.564 minutes
Inclination: 82.9318 deg
SMA: 7352.151 km
Apoapsis: 1006.125 km
Periapsis: 941.907 km
RAAN: 74.1906 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00436728
Argument of periapsis: 259.6327 deg
Mean anomaly: 214.0222 deg
Mean motion: 13.77149587 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000039 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000053871786 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 10:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 14974U 84046B 25240.93022596 -.00000039 00000-0 -53872-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 14974 82.9318 74.1906 0043673 259.6327 214.0222 13.77149587 74031
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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