Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
20057
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
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: 1970-083B
Object number (NORAD): 4579
Object ID (CCSDS): 4579
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.41 minutes
Inclination: 74.0 deg
SMA: 7060.807 km
Apoapsis: 689.083 km
Periapsis: 676.261 km
RAAN: 95.3927 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00090796
Argument of periapsis: 86.6637 deg
Mean anomaly: 273.5568 deg
Mean motion: 14.63259249 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000054 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011067431 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 12:23 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 04579U 70083B 25252.01658128 .00000540 00000-0 11067-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 04579 74.0000 95.3927 0009080 86.6637 273.5568 14.63259249913673
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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 6’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 12, 1970, 1:57 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 12, 1970, 1:57 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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