Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
20116
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: 1970-028B
Object number (NORAD): 4370
Object ID (CCSDS): 4370
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.442 minutes
Inclination: 74.0397 deg
SMA: 7062.326 km
Apoapsis: 695.3 km
Periapsis: 673.083 km
RAAN: 347.4445 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015729
Argument of periapsis: 250.4784 deg
Mean anomaly: 109.4685 deg
Mean motion: 14.62787021 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000619 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012706 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 9:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 4370U 70028B 25127.89888356 .00000619 00000-0 12706-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 4370 74.0397 347.4445 0015729 250.4784 109.4685 14.62787021432674
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 5’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 11, 1970, 5 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 5
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 11, 1970, 5 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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