Key statistics
Satellite SL-14 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
14170
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
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: 1987-003B
Object number (NORAD): 17296
Object ID (CCSDS): 17296
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.94 minutes
Inclination: 82.5311 deg
SMA: 6990.295 km
Apoapsis: 624.322 km
Periapsis: 599.998 km
RAAN: 43.0308 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00173981
Argument of periapsis: 209.4223 deg
Mean anomaly: 150.6015 deg
Mean motion: 14.85454976 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000836 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00009402831 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 30, 2025, 6:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-14 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 17296U 87003B 25303.76148955 .00000836 00000-0 94028-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 17296 82.5311 43.0308 0017398 209.4223 150.6015 14.85454976 75413
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-14 R/B.
Associated space launch
Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.
SL-14 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 58’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 14, 1987, 9:05 a.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 58
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 14, 1987, 9:05 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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