Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
17812
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: 1976-098B
Object number (NORAD): 9444
Object ID (CCSDS): 9444
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.058 minutes
Inclination: 74.0515 deg
SMA: 7139.413 km
Apoapsis: 770.019 km
Periapsis: 752.536 km
RAAN: 285.2616 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012244
Argument of periapsis: 55.6612 deg
Mean anomaly: 304.5699 deg
Mean motion: 14.39159798 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000157 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000059048 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 5:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 9444U 76098B 25186.73579631 .00000157 00000-0 59048-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 9444 74.0515 285.2616 0012244 55.6612 304.5699 14.39159798991655
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 14’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 29, 1976, 7:04 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 14
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 29, 1976, 7:04 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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