Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
21046
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: 98.435 minutes
Inclination: 74.0061 deg
SMA: 7061.981 km
Apoapsis: 688.98 km
Periapsis: 678.712 km
RAAN: 153.706 deg
Eccentricy: 0.000727
Argument of periapsis: 340.4384 deg
Mean anomaly: 135.7867 deg
Mean motion: 14.62894283 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000409 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000085929 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:23 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 03048U 67116B 25187.39152907 .00000409 00000-0 85929-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 03048 74.0061 153.7060 0007270 340.4384 135.7867 14.62894283 55463
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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