Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
11977
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: 104.655 minutes
Inclination: 82.9359 deg
SMA: 7356.409 km
Apoapsis: 994.725 km
Periapsis: 961.823 km
RAAN: 60.0421 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00223628
Argument of periapsis: 313.7634 deg
Mean anomaly: 168.2651 deg
Mean motion: 13.75954195 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000114 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010187327 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 9:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 22308U 93001B 25300.90342664 .00000114 00000-0 10187-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 22308 82.9359 60.0421 0022363 313.7634 168.2651 13.75954195646058
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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