Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
13181
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: 1989-042B
Object number (NORAD): 20046
Object ID (CCSDS): 20046
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.456 minutes
Inclination: 82.9364 deg
SMA: 7347.113 km
Apoapsis: 1000.856 km
Periapsis: 937.1 km
RAAN: 269.6328 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0043388
Argument of periapsis: 95.5835 deg
Mean anomaly: 265.0273 deg
Mean motion: 13.78566349 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000064 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000047717 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 4:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 20046U 89042B 25188.68499119 .00000064 00000-0 47717-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 20046 82.9364 269.6328 0043388 95.5835 265.0273 13.78566349814373
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 66’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 7, 1989, 5:12 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 66
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 7, 1989, 5:12 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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