RUBIN 3/SL-8

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite RUBIN 3/SL-8 at a glance.

Uptime

8311

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.6

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.5

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for RUBIN 3/SL-8.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: RUBIN 3/SL-8

International designator: 2002-054C

Object number (NORAD): 27561

Object ID (CCSDS): 27561

Country: GERMANY (GER)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.751 minutes

Inclination: 98.4935 deg

SMA: 7077.09 km

Apoapsis: 729.783 km

Periapsis: 668.128 km

RAAN: 90.6437 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00435595

Argument of periapsis: 313.9571 deg

Mean anomaly: 45.8037 deg

Mean motion: 14.58211929 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000472 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00011188955 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 2:15 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 4:53 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 RUBIN 3/SL-8

TLE line 1: 1 27561U 02054C 25240.70411780 .00000472 00000-0 11189-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 27561 98.4935 90.6437 0043560 313.9571 45.8037 14.58211929208040

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite RUBIN 3/SL-8.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object RUBIN 3/SL-8.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
CZ-4 DEB	SSO	2025-07-16 19:21:56	0.004151228	147.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2025-05-17 03:30:01	0.0001075737	806.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2025-04-30 11:05:57	0.0006647432	36.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2025-03-31 20:43:19	0.0001038821	606.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-8 R/B	SSO	2025-03-22 14:03:43	0.0006778454	897.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY

Associated space launch

ALSAT 1 was an Algerian imaging minisatellite. The 90-kg satellite was the first part of an international Disaster Monitoring System (DMS) for alerting natural/man-made disasters.

RUBIN 3/SL-8 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | AlSat-1’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Nov. 28, 2002, 6:07 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Kosmos-3M | AlSat-1

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Nov. 28, 2002, 6:07 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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