Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
11900
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: 1993-008B
Object number (NORAD): 22488
Object ID (CCSDS): 22488
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.502 minutes
Inclination: 82.9469 deg
SMA: 7349.245 km
Apoapsis: 990.658 km
Periapsis: 951.563 km
RAAN: 1.7205 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00265976
Argument of periapsis: 82.9219 deg
Mean anomaly: 345.3826 deg
Mean motion: 13.77966413 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000063 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000047488695 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 10:19 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 22488U 93008B 25251.43029510 .00000063 00000-0 47489-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 22488 82.9469 1.7205 0026598 82.9219 345.3826 13.77966413637790
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 79’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 9, 1993, 2:56 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 79
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 9, 1993, 2:56 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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