Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
10309
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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: 1997-017B
Object number (NORAD): 24773
Object ID (CCSDS): 24773
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.809 minutes
Inclination: 82.9219 deg
SMA: 7363.639 km
Apoapsis: 1004.02 km
Periapsis: 966.987 km
RAAN: 352.0003 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0025146
Argument of periapsis: 39.0428 deg
Mean anomaly: 73.3164 deg
Mean motion: 13.73928213 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000107 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000098213 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, 9:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 24773U 97017B 25188.91474166 .00000107 00000-0 98213-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 24773 82.9219 352.0003 0025146 39.0428 73.3164 13.73928213414634
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 88’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 17, 1997, 1:03 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 88
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 17, 1997, 1:03 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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