Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
17845
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: 1976-061B
Object number (NORAD): 8924
Object ID (CCSDS): 8924
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.113 minutes
Inclination: 74.0577 deg
SMA: 7141.991 km
Apoapsis: 773.145 km
Periapsis: 754.566 km
RAAN: 208.9876 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013007
Argument of periapsis: 113.9224 deg
Mean anomaly: 59.0181 deg
Mean motion: 14.38380675 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000284 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010168 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, 11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 08924U 76061B 25127.95886639 .00000284 00000-0 10168-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 08924 74.0577 208.9876 0013007 113.9224 59.0181 14.38380675557554
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 12’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 29, 1976, 8:12 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 12
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 29, 1976, 8:12 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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