Key statistics
Satellite SL-14 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
14116
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: 96.946 minutes
Inclination: 82.5257 deg
SMA: 6990.57 km
Apoapsis: 625.798 km
Periapsis: 599.072 km
RAAN: 94.5069 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00191161
Argument of periapsis: 38.6646 deg
Mean anomaly: 321.5934 deg
Mean motion: 14.85367302 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000694 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000077580818 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-14 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 17296U 87003B 25248.92781493 .00000694 00000-0 77581-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 17296 82.5257 94.5069 0019116 38.6646 321.5934 14.85367302 67278
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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