Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
13403
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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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: 1989-028B
Object number (NORAD): 19922
Object ID (CCSDS): 19922
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.538 minutes
Inclination: 82.9583 deg
SMA: 7350.957 km
Apoapsis: 999.115 km
Periapsis: 946.528 km
RAAN: 286.6675 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00357692
Argument of periapsis: 198.9317 deg
Mean anomaly: 161.0513 deg
Mean motion: 13.77485279 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000139 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012416801 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 19922U 89028B 25346.28597975 .00000139 00000-0 12417-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 19922 82.9583 286.6675 0035769 198.9317 161.0513 13.77485279843700
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
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 65’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 4, 1989, 6:36 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 65
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 4, 1989, 6:36 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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