Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
13545
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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: 1988-029B
Object number (NORAD): 19039
Object ID (CCSDS): 19039
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.018 minutes
Inclination: 74.0494 deg
SMA: 7137.506 km
Apoapsis: 776.556 km
Periapsis: 742.187 km
RAAN: 33.7807 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0024076
Argument of periapsis: 214.6477 deg
Mean anomaly: 145.3111 deg
Mean motion: 14.39736459 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000356 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012165 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 8:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 19039U 88029B 25125.86310413 .00000356 00000-0 12165-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 19039 74.0494 33.7807 0024076 214.6477 145.3111 14.39736459944644
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
Military communications satellite
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 44’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 5, 1988, 2:41 p.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 44
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 5, 1988, 2:41 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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