Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
19373
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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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: 1972-062B
Object number (NORAD): 6149
Object ID (CCSDS): 6149
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.107 minutes
Inclination: 82.9703 deg
SMA: 7330.709 km
Apoapsis: 959.61 km
Periapsis: 945.538 km
RAAN: 129.0847 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00095978
Argument of periapsis: 122.5891 deg
Mean anomaly: 237.6198 deg
Mean motion: 13.83196284 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000065 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000045035676 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 10:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 06149U 72062B 25242.92407278 .00000065 00000-0 45036-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 06149 82.9703 129.0847 0009598 122.5891 237.6198 13.83196284675460
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
The Zaliv-GVM satellites were mass models of the Zaliv navigation satellites, which were launched as payload substitutes on some Kosmos-3M evaluation launches.
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Zaliv-GVM 3’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 16, 1972, 1:40 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv-GVM 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 16, 1972, 1:40 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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