RUBIN 4/SL-8

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite RUBIN 4/SL-8 at a glance.

Uptime

7954

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.4

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for RUBIN 4/SL-8.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: RUBIN 4/SL-8

International designator: 2003-042B

Object number (NORAD): 27940

Object ID (CCSDS): 27940

Country: GERMANY (GER)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.036 minutes

Inclination: 98.3607 deg

SMA: 7042.872 km

Apoapsis: 674.116 km

Periapsis: 655.358 km

RAAN: 351.8313 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0013317

Argument of periapsis: 11.6854 deg

Mean anomaly: 348.4657 deg

Mean motion: 14.68852032 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000453 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.000086306 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 11:28 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 RUBIN 4/SL-8

TLE line 1: 1 27940U 03042B 25187.47841789 .00000453 00000-0 86306-4 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 27940 98.3607 351.8313 0013317 11.6854 348.4657 14.68852032163805

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite RUBIN 4/SL-8.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object RUBIN 4/SL-8.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
SL-16 DEB	LEO	2025-04-07 11:24:40	0.001723505	102.0 (m)	DEBRIS
PEGASUS DEB	LEO	2025-03-15 19:35:14	0.0001927379	942.0 (m)	DEBRIS
THOR ABLESTAR DEB	LEO	2025-02-01 09:41:35	0.0001238839	785.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-12-20 03:21:55	0.000302892	324.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-8 R/B	SSO	2024-09-02 17:16:07	0.0001330509	313.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY

Associated space launch

Mozhayets 4 (RS 22) was also a training satellite built by the Mozhaisky military academy. It also tested components to be used in upgraded GLONASS satellites.

RUBIN 4/SL-8 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Sept. 27, 2003, 6:11 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Sept. 27, 2003, 6:11 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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