SL-8 R/B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.

Uptime

14055

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: 82.944 deg

SMA: 7348.993 km

Apoapsis: 996.043 km

Periapsis: 945.673 km

RAAN: 167.7472 deg

Eccentricy: 0.003427

Argument of periapsis: 178.4319 deg

Mean anomaly: 301.3437 deg

Mean motion: 13.78037412 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000139 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00012241 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 6, 2025, 4:07 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B

TLE line 1: 1 17067U 86086B 25126.67154132 .00000139 00000-0 12241-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 17067 82.9440 167.7472 0034270 178.4319 301.3437 13.78037412934354

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 1275 DEB LEO 2024-09-27 03:59:14 0.0006204584 175.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-14 DEB LEO 2024-07-14 23:09:52 0.001409961 108.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2024-06-13 12:25:47 0.0002706132 380.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 14
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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