Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
8551
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: 2002-026B
Object number (NORAD): 27437
Object ID (CCSDS): 27437
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.582 minutes
Inclination: 82.9493 deg
SMA: 7352.996 km
Apoapsis: 1007.921 km
Periapsis: 941.802 km
RAAN: 324.981 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00449608
Argument of periapsis: 124.1153 deg
Mean anomaly: 236.4282 deg
Mean motion: 13.76912203 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000146 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013142386 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 25, 2025, 3:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 24, 2025, 12:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 27437U 02026B 25297.52117623 .00000146 00000-0 13142-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 27437 82.9493 324.9810 0044961 124.1153 236.4282 13.76912203176148
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 93’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on May 28, 2002, 6:14 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 93
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 28, 2002, 6:14 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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