Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
8112
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
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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: 2003-037C
Object number (NORAD): 27870
Object ID (CCSDS): 27870
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.674 minutes
Inclination: 82.4663 deg
SMA: 7864.122 km
Apoapsis: 1504.118 km
Periapsis: 1467.856 km
RAAN: 115.9082 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0023055
Argument of periapsis: 193.3488 deg
Mean anomaly: 225.0857 deg
Mean motion: 12.44879713 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000037 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019067 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 2, 2025, 4:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 2, 2025, 10:58 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 27870U 03037C 25306.45760346 .00000037 00000-0 19067-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 27870 82.4663 115.9082 0023055 193.3488 225.0857 12.44879713 9051
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellites
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-3 133 & 134’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 19, 2003, 10:50 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-3 133 & 134
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 19, 2003, 10:50 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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