Key statistics
Satellite SL-14 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
13778
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: 82.543 deg
SMA: 7323.59 km
Apoapsis: 956.764 km
Periapsis: 934.146 km
RAAN: 156.882 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00154419
Argument of periapsis: 52.5828 deg
Mean anomaly: 307.6735 deg
Mean motion: 13.85213415 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000061 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000040951973 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 9:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-14 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 18821U 88005B 25292.88316806 .00000061 00000-0 40952-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 18821 82.5430 156.8820 0015442 52.5828 307.6735 13.85213415906762
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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