Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
10593
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: 1996-052C
Object number (NORAD): 24306
Object ID (CCSDS): 24306
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.711 minutes
Inclination: 82.9306 deg
SMA: 7359.037 km
Apoapsis: 999.151 km
Periapsis: 962.652 km
RAAN: 273.8366 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00247988
Argument of periapsis: 285.9267 deg
Mean anomaly: 73.9157 deg
Mean motion: 13.75217202 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000013487393 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 6:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 24306U 96052C 25248.76491102 .00000002 00000-0 -13487-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 24306 82.9306 273.8366 0024799 285.9267 73.9157 13.75217202455118
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 86’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 5, 1996, 12:47 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 86
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 5, 1996, 12:47 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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