Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
8010
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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: 2003-023B
Object number (NORAD): 27819
Object ID (CCSDS): 27819
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.767 minutes
Inclination: 82.9498 deg
SMA: 7361.656 km
Apoapsis: 1016.938 km
Periapsis: 950.104 km
RAAN: 53.5072 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0045393
Argument of periapsis: 311.2953 deg
Mean anomaly: 107.0673 deg
Mean motion: 13.74483334 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000047747 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 6:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 27819U 03023B 25128.75591049 .00000060 00000-0 47747-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 27819 82.9498 53.5072 0045393 311.2953 107.0673 13.74483334 99674
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 94’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 4, 2003, 7:23 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 94
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 4, 2003, 7:23 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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