Key statistics
Satellite MAGION 2 at a glance.
Uptime
13124
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
HEO
HEO
Inclination
82.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for MAGION 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: MAGION 2
International designator: 1989-080B
Object number (NORAD): 20281
Object ID (CCSDS): 20281
Country: CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZCH)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.056 minutes
Inclination: 82.6054 deg
SMA: 7790.613 km
Apoapsis: 2326.125 km
Periapsis: 498.831 km
RAAN: 200.4431 deg
Eccentricy: 0.11727535
Argument of periapsis: 266.4616 deg
Mean anomaly: 80.1941 deg
Mean motion: 12.62540419 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001054 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00031176233 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 7:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MAGION 2
TLE line 1: 1 20281U 89080B 25245.79653342 .00001054 00000-0 31176-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 20281 82.6054 200.4431 1172754 266.4616 80.1941 12.62540419645802
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite MAGION 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object MAGION 2.
Associated space launch
Scientific satellite studying the radiation properties of loop antennas in a plasma environment
MAGION 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AV-IK 1’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 28, 1989, 12:04 a.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AV-IK 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 28, 1989, 12:04 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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