Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
21106
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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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: 1967-116B
Object number (NORAD): 3048
Object ID (CCSDS): 3048
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.43 minutes
Inclination: 74.0073 deg
SMA: 7061.752 km
Apoapsis: 689.076 km
Periapsis: 678.158 km
RAAN: 38.8993 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007731
Argument of periapsis: 229.6236 deg
Mean anomaly: 303.5445 deg
Mean motion: 14.62965468 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001179 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023614488 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:05 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 03048U 67116B 25247.17025903 .00001179 00000-0 23614-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 03048 74.0073 38.8993 0007731 229.6236 303.5445 14.62965468 64203
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 1’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 23, 1967, 3 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 23, 1967, 3 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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