Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
20051
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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: 1970-108B
Object number (NORAD): 4800
Object ID (CCSDS): 4800
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.426 minutes
Inclination: 74.0207 deg
SMA: 7345.673 km
Apoapsis: 973.493 km
Periapsis: 961.584 km
RAAN: 308.3344 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0008106
Argument of periapsis: 62.7304 deg
Mean anomaly: 297.4643 deg
Mean motion: 13.78971689 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000018032 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 3, 2025, 11:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 3, 2025, 4:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 4800U 70108B 25307.70348340 -.00000004 00000-0 18032-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 4800 74.0207 308.3344 0008106 62.7304 297.4643 13.78971689760991
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 7’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 12, 1970, 1 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 7
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 12, 1970, 1 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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