Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
13842
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: 1987-087B
Object number (NORAD): 18403
Object ID (CCSDS): 18403
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.59 minutes
Inclination: 82.9217 deg
SMA: 7353.372 km
Apoapsis: 1018.382 km
Periapsis: 932.093 km
RAAN: 14.3915 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00586732
Argument of periapsis: 67.8568 deg
Mean anomaly: 292.8803 deg
Mean motion: 13.76806543 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000114 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000099077734 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 9:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 18403U 87087B 25248.88158805 .00000114 00000-0 99078-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 18403 82.9217 14.3915 0058673 67.8568 292.8803 13.76806543903163
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 60’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 14, 1987, 12:35 p.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 60
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 14, 1987, 12:35 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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