Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
8383
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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: 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: 104.584 minutes
Inclination: 82.9481 deg
SMA: 7353.111 km
Apoapsis: 1006.18 km
Periapsis: 943.771 km
RAAN: 90.5188 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0042437
Argument of periapsis: 237.4943 deg
Mean anomaly: 122.211 deg
Mean motion: 13.7688004 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000159 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014512 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 10:07 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 27437U 02026B 25128.42198339 .00000159 00000-0 14512-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 27437 82.9481 90.5188 0042437 237.4943 122.2110 13.76880040152936
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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