Key statistics
Satellite SL-14 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
16055
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-14 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-14 R/B
International designator: 1981-094B
Object number (NORAD): 12849
Object ID (CCSDS): 12849
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.109 minutes
Inclination: 82.4929 deg
SMA: 7424.385 km
Apoapsis: 1694.054 km
Periapsis: 398.445 km
RAAN: 17.9255 deg
Eccentricy: 0.08725369
Argument of periapsis: 246.1555 deg
Mean anomaly: 104.5832 deg
Mean motion: 13.57100713 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002832 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00025854721 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:34 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-14 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 12849U 81094B 25246.10717661 .00002832 00000-0 25855-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 12849 82.4929 17.9255 0872537 246.1555 104.5832 13.57100713147271
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-14 R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SL-14 R/B.
Associated space launch
Joint Soviet-French satellite dedicated to magnetospheric research
SL-14 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Aureole 3’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 21, 1981, 1:10 p.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Aureole 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 21, 1981, 1:10 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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