Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
14701
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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: 1985-041B
Object number (NORAD): 15752
Object ID (CCSDS): 15752
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.856 minutes
Inclination: 82.9456 deg
SMA: 7365.824 km
Apoapsis: 1006.415 km
Periapsis: 968.964 km
RAAN: 257.56 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00254222
Argument of periapsis: 82.7221 deg
Mean anomaly: 277.6822 deg
Mean motion: 13.73316858 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000178 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017526656 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 28, 2025, 11:13 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 1:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 15752U 85041B 25240.55891037 .00000178 00000-0 17527-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 15752 82.9456 257.5600 0025422 82.7221 277.6822 13.73316858 16554
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 12’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on May 30, 1985, 1:14 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 12
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 30, 1985, 1:14 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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