Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
10411
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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: 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: 104.808 minutes
Inclination: 82.9164 deg
SMA: 7363.594 km
Apoapsis: 1004.352 km
Periapsis: 966.566 km
RAAN: 276.275 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00256575
Argument of periapsis: 111.096 deg
Mean anomaly: 303.7148 deg
Mean motion: 13.73940871 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000018645798 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 12:04 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 24773U 97017B 25291.00319918 -.00000002 00000-0 -18646-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 24773 82.9164 276.2750 0025657 111.0960 303.7148 13.73940871428651
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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