Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
11707
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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: 1993-036B
Object number (NORAD): 22676
Object ID (CCSDS): 22676
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.341 minutes
Inclination: 74.0398 deg
SMA: 7152.842 km
Apoapsis: 788.559 km
Periapsis: 760.855 km
RAAN: 203.8594 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0019366
Argument of periapsis: 234.2188 deg
Mean anomaly: 125.7164 deg
Mean motion: 14.35108737 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000228 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000089007 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 11:14 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 22676U 93036B 25185.46841492 .00000228 00000-0 89007-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 22676 74.0398 203.8594 0019366 234.2188 125.7164 14.35108737676419
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
Military communications satellite. Destroyed in a collision with Iridium 33.
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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