Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
10211
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: 1997-052C
Object number (NORAD): 24955
Object ID (CCSDS): 24955
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.205 minutes
Inclination: 82.9241 deg
SMA: 7335.321 km
Apoapsis: 978.142 km
Periapsis: 936.23 km
RAAN: 174.7046 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00285686
Argument of periapsis: 305.3755 deg
Mean anomaly: 54.4736 deg
Mean motion: 13.81891898 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000078 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000058372851 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 9:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 24955U 97052C 25249.90032896 .00000078 00000-0 58373-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 24955 82.9241 174.7046 0028569 305.3755 54.4736 13.81891898409288
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 89’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 23, 1997, 4:44 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 89
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 23, 1997, 4:44 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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