Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
20291
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1969-091B
Object number (NORAD): 4139
Object ID (CCSDS): 4139
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.231 minutes
Inclination: 74.0313 deg
SMA: 7052.208 km
Apoapsis: 677.191 km
Periapsis: 670.956 km
RAAN: 330.6818 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004421
Argument of periapsis: 40.7967 deg
Mean anomaly: 319.3532 deg
Mean motion: 14.65936143 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000694 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013253 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 8:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 04139U 69091B 25129.86553182 .00000694 00000-0 13253-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 04139 74.0313 330.6818 0004421 40.7967 319.3532 14.65936143950608
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 4’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 21, 1969, 12:49 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 21, 1969, 12:49 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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