Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
18958
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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: 1974-001B
Object number (NORAD): 7095
Object ID (CCSDS): 7095
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.421 minutes
Inclination: 82.9493 deg
SMA: 7345.449 km
Apoapsis: 995.577 km
Periapsis: 939.051 km
RAAN: 247.5715 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00384773
Argument of periapsis: 67.2782 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.2436 deg
Mean motion: 13.7903485 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000105 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000086519239 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 5:36 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 07095U 74001B 25346.23367412 .00000105 00000-0 86519-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 07095 82.9493 247.5715 0038477 67.2782 293.2436 13.79034850609756
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
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 16’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 17, 1974, 10:07 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 16
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 17, 1974, 10:07 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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