Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
19555
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: 1972-009B
Object number (NORAD): 5847
Object ID (CCSDS): 5847
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.391 minutes
Inclination: 74.0457 deg
SMA: 7344.061 km
Apoapsis: 987.646 km
Periapsis: 944.206 km
RAAN: 81.0606 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00295749
Argument of periapsis: 60.1181 deg
Mean anomaly: 44.5712 deg
Mean motion: 13.79425849 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000032 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000009004803 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 05847U 72009B 25250.92639663 -.00000032 00000-0 -90048-5 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 05847 74.0457 81.0606 0029575 60.1181 44.5712 13.79425849694069
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 10’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 25, 1972, 7:52 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 10
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 25, 1972, 7:52 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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