Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
10825
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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: 1996-004B
Object number (NORAD): 23774
Object ID (CCSDS): 23774
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.589 minutes
Inclination: 82.9788 deg
SMA: 7353.318 km
Apoapsis: 1006.646 km
Periapsis: 943.72 km
RAAN: 303.6337 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00427873
Argument of periapsis: 226.4735 deg
Mean anomaly: 133.2865 deg
Mean motion: 13.76821897 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000065 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000050526599 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:52 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 23774U 96004B 25247.20332978 .00000065 00000-0 50527-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 23774 82.9788 303.6337 0042787 226.4735 133.2865 13.76821897488436
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
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 85’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 16, 1996, 3:33 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 85
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 16, 1996, 3:33 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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