Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
10534
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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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: 82.9364 deg
SMA: 7359.059 km
Apoapsis: 1001.169 km
Periapsis: 960.679 km
RAAN: 318.2605 deg
Eccentricy: 0.002751
Argument of periapsis: 92.3981 deg
Mean anomaly: 268.0325 deg
Mean motion: 13.75211007 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000079 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000066344 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:15 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 24306U 96052C 25188.88607386 .00000079 00000-0 66344-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 24306 82.9364 318.2605 0027510 92.3981 268.0325 13.75211007446884
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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