SL-8 R/B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.

Uptime

18641

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: 1974-048B

Object number (NORAD): 7350

Object ID (CCSDS): 7350

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 104.5 minutes

Inclination: 82.9447 deg

SMA: 7349.168 km

Apoapsis: 983.021 km

Periapsis: 959.045 km

RAAN: 12.5654 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0016312

Argument of periapsis: 342.2597 deg

Mean anomaly: 128.3521 deg

Mean motion: 13.77988097 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000131 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00011571 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 9, 2025, 10:16 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 9, 2025, 9:21 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B

TLE line 1: 1 7350U 74048B 25190.88962894 .00000131 00000-0 11571-3 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 7350 82.9447 12.5654 0016312 342.2597 128.3521 13.77988097565130

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 1375 DEB LEO 2025-05-15 21:56:35 0.000109568 81.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-8 DEB LEO 2024-10-04 17:03:01 0.0001585479 83.0 (m) DEBRIS

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 17’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on June 27, 1974, 3:39 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 17
Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 17

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 27, 1974, 3:39 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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