Key statistics
Satellite SL-14 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
14083
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
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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: 1986-101B
Object number (NORAD): 17242
Object ID (CCSDS): 17242
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.093 minutes
Inclination: 82.529 deg
SMA: 7330.065 km
Apoapsis: 963.993 km
Periapsis: 939.867 km
RAAN: 203.1893 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0016457
Argument of periapsis: 82.5879 deg
Mean anomaly: 90.9612 deg
Mean motion: 13.83378487 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000042 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000024271 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 7:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-14 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 17242U 86101B 25189.83010495 .00000042 00000-0 24271-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 17242 82.5290 203.1893 0016457 82.5879 90.9612 13.83378487946426
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-14 R/B.
Associated space launch
Ionospheric research satellite
SL-14 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Ionozond-E’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 18, 1986, 8 a.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | Ionozond-E
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 18, 1986, 8 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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