Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
18783
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1973-098B
Object number (NORAD): 6966
Object ID (CCSDS): 6966
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.684 minutes
Inclination: 74.0543 deg
SMA: 7121.595 km
Apoapsis: 758.856 km
Periapsis: 728.064 km
RAAN: 275.0762 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0021619
Argument of periapsis: 244.6881 deg
Mean anomaly: 115.2037 deg
Mean motion: 14.44564309 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000431 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013193 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 06966U 73098B 25127.85548182 .00000431 00000-0 13193-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 06966 74.0543 275.0762 0021619 244.6881 115.2037 14.44564309700920
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
Military communications satellite
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 8’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 4, 1973, 3 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 4, 1973, 3 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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