Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
14934
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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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: 1984-062B
Object number (NORAD): 15056
Object ID (CCSDS): 15056
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.607 minutes
Inclination: 82.9565 deg
SMA: 7354.172 km
Apoapsis: 993.668 km
Periapsis: 958.405 km
RAAN: 340.9624 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0023975
Argument of periapsis: 308.9452 deg
Mean anomaly: 119.345 deg
Mean motion: 13.7658212 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000146 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001334 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 4:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 15056U 84062B 25129.70680248 .00000146 00000-0 13340-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 15056 82.9565 340.9624 0023975 308.9452 119.3450 13.76582120 52835
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 | Nadezhda 3’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 21, 1984, 7:40 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 21, 1984, 7:40 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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