Key statistics
Satellite SL-14 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
13832
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
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: 1988-005B
Object number (NORAD): 18821
Object ID (CCSDS): 18821
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.955 minutes
Inclination: 82.5423 deg
SMA: 7323.579 km
Apoapsis: 955.079 km
Periapsis: 935.808 km
RAAN: 114.6714 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013157
Argument of periapsis: 259.3403 deg
Mean anomaly: 100.6276 deg
Mean motion: 13.85216737 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000056 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00003603 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 9:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-14 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 18821U 88005B 25345.90116280 .00000056 00000-0 36030-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 18821 82.5423 114.6714 0013157 259.3403 100.6276 13.85216737914103
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 17’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 30, 1988, 10:59 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 17
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 30, 1988, 10:59 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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