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.
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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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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