Key statistics
Satellite SL-3 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
22229
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-3 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-3 R/B
International designator: 1964-053B
Object number (NORAD): 877
Object ID (CCSDS): 877
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.556 minutes
Inclination: 65.0786 deg
SMA: 7067.761 km
Apoapsis: 729.67 km
Periapsis: 649.582 km
RAAN: 329.1772 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0056657
Argument of periapsis: 19.8189 deg
Mean anomaly: 340.5093 deg
Mean motion: 14.61100148 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000009 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000042249 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 5:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-3 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 00877U 64053B 25188.74215879 .00000090 00000-0 42249-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 00877 65.0786 329.1772 0056657 19.8189 340.5093 14.61100148231008
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-3 R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SL-3 R/B.
Associated space launch
The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.
SL-3 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 1’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 28, 1964, 4 p.m. from 31/6.
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 28, 1964, 4 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M
Launch pad: 31/6
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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