Key statistics
Satellite MAGION 2 at a glance.
Uptime
13006
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: 114.078 minutes
Inclination: 82.5993 deg
SMA: 7791.622 km
Apoapsis: 2329.357 km
Periapsis: 497.617 km
RAAN: 277.5596 deg
Eccentricy: 0.1175455
Argument of periapsis: 181.3168 deg
Mean anomaly: 178.4757 deg
Mean motion: 12.62295283 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000225 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00065524 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MAGION 2
TLE line 1: 1 20281U 89080B 25127.87142798 .00002250 00000-0 65524-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 20281 82.5993 277.5596 1175455 181.3168 178.4757 12.62295283630499
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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