Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
14113
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: 1986-086B
Object number (NORAD): 17067
Object ID (CCSDS): 17067
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.496 minutes
Inclination: 82.9443 deg
SMA: 7348.976 km
Apoapsis: 996.429 km
Periapsis: 945.253 km
RAAN: 124.3533 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0034818
Argument of periapsis: 19.7976 deg
Mean anomaly: 54.3158 deg
Mean motion: 13.7804216 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000036 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00002073 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 3:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 11:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 17067U 86086B 25184.96642398 .00000036 00000-0 20730-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 17067 82.9443 124.3533 0034818 19.7976 54.3158 13.78042160942381
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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 14’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 13, 1986, 6:10 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 14
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 13, 1986, 6:10 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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