Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
19125
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 1972-104B
Object number (NORAD): 6324
Object ID (CCSDS): 6324
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.653 minutes
Inclination: 74.0759 deg
SMA: 7120.117 km
Apoapsis: 749.074 km
Periapsis: 734.889 km
RAAN: 166.3497 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009961
Argument of periapsis: 282.6388 deg
Mean anomaly: 77.3656 deg
Mean motion: 14.45014111 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000333 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010293 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 8:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 06324U 72104B 25125.85718259 .00000333 00000-0 10293-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 06324 74.0759 166.3497 0009961 282.6388 77.3656 14.45014111750881
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 7’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 25, 1972, 11:05 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 7
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 25, 1972, 11:05 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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