Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
14145
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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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: 1987-009B
Object number (NORAD): 17360
Object ID (CCSDS): 17360
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.574 minutes
Inclination: 82.9194 deg
SMA: 7352.608 km
Apoapsis: 997.581 km
Periapsis: 951.364 km
RAAN: 156.011 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00314292
Argument of periapsis: 310.9492 deg
Mean anomaly: 110.8377 deg
Mean motion: 13.77021319 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000158 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014442014 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 3:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 4:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 17360U 87009B 25293.70299513 .00000158 00000-0 14442-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 17360 82.9194 156.0110 0031429 310.9492 110.8377 13.77021319945349
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 15’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 29, 1987, 6:14 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 15
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 29, 1987, 6:14 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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