Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
15127
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
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: 82.9389 deg
SMA: 7352.139 km
Apoapsis: 1007.887 km
Periapsis: 940.122 km
RAAN: 38.5954 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00460857
Argument of periapsis: 125.1579 deg
Mean anomaly: 38.9863 deg
Mean motion: 13.77152888 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000134 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011888868 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 2:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 15, 2025, 5:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 14974U 84046B 25288.74726278 .00000134 00000-0 11889-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 14974 82.9389 38.5954 0046086 125.1579 38.9863 13.77152888 80616
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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