Key statistics
Satellite SL-8 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
17848
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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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: 1976-108B
Object number (NORAD): 9510
Object ID (CCSDS): 9510
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.51 minutes
Inclination: 82.9369 deg
SMA: 7349.644 km
Apoapsis: 991.296 km
Periapsis: 951.722 km
RAAN: 306.6437 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0026922
Argument of periapsis: 44.2209 deg
Mean anomaly: 316.1093 deg
Mean motion: 13.77854351 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000052 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000036769403 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 6:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-8 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 09510U 76108B 25252.28077328 .00000052 00000-0 36769-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 09510 82.9369 306.6437 0026922 44.2209 316.1093 13.77854351455376
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-8 R/B.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
SL-8 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 6’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 29, 1976, 12:39 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 29, 1976, 12:39 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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