Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
9866
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: 1998-072C
Object number (NORAD): 25569
Object ID (CCSDS): 25569
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.774 minutes
Inclination: 82.9423 deg
SMA: 7361.989 km
Apoapsis: 999.622 km
Periapsis: 968.086 km
RAAN: 196.7407 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00214184
Argument of periapsis: 148.0988 deg
Mean anomaly: 328.4721 deg
Mean motion: 13.74390143 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000154 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014712304 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:28 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 25569U 98072C 25346.14470933 .00000154 00000-0 14712-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 25569 82.9423 196.7407 0021418 148.0988 328.4721 13.74390143354032
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 8’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 10, 1998, 11:57 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 10, 1998, 11:57 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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