Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
11816
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: 100.336 minutes
Inclination: 74.0442 deg
SMA: 7152.628 km
Apoapsis: 787.702 km
Periapsis: 761.284 km
RAAN: 3.8143 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0018467
Argument of periapsis: 0.9559 deg
Mean anomaly: 359.1625 deg
Mean motion: 14.35173214 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000381 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014204 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 22, 2025, 12:06 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 3:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 22676U 93036B 25294.63082366 .00000381 00000-0 14204-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 22676 74.0442 3.8143 0018467 0.9559 359.1625 14.35173214692075
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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