Key statistics
Satellite SL-14 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
13893
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.6
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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: 1987-068B
Object number (NORAD): 18313
Object ID (CCSDS): 18313
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.024 minutes
Inclination: 82.5612 deg
SMA: 7326.845 km
Apoapsis: 956.233 km
Periapsis: 941.187 km
RAAN: 172.2179 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00102677
Argument of periapsis: 161.375 deg
Mean anomaly: 198.7788 deg
Mean motion: 13.84290603 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000046 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000027713829 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 9:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-14 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 18313U 87068B 25242.89730135 .00000046 00000-0 27714-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 18313 82.5612 172.2179 0010268 161.3750 198.7788 13.84290603921614
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-14 R/B.
Associated space launch
Second generation soviet meteorological satellite
SL-14 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 16’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 18, 1987, 2:27 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 16
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 18, 1987, 2:27 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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