Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
12025
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: 1993-001B
Object number (NORAD): 22308
Object ID (CCSDS): 22308
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.654 minutes
Inclination: 82.9359 deg
SMA: 7356.384 km
Apoapsis: 995.579 km
Periapsis: 960.919 km
RAAN: 24.8923 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00235576
Argument of periapsis: 176.1805 deg
Mean anomaly: 255.1513 deg
Mean motion: 13.75961219 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000044 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000029882104 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 14, 2025, 5:34 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 22308U 93001B 25348.23237758 .00000044 00000-0 29882-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 22308 82.9359 24.8923 0023558 176.1805 255.1513 13.75961219652562
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 19’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 12, 1993, 11:10 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 19
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 12, 1993, 11:10 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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