Key statistics
Satellite MAGION 3 at a glance.
Uptime
12313
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.2
Per day
Orbit
HEO
HEO
Inclination
82.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for MAGION 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: MAGION 3
International designator: 1991-086E
Object number (NORAD): 21835
Object ID (CCSDS): 21835
Country: CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZCH)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 118.027 minutes
Inclination: 82.5393 deg
SMA: 7970.439 km
Apoapsis: 2753.048 km
Periapsis: 431.561 km
RAAN: 1.3281 deg
Eccentricy: 0.145631
Argument of periapsis: 8.6357 deg
Mean anomaly: 353.7078 deg
Mean motion: 12.20054868 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002585 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0004687514 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, 6:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MAGION 3
TLE line 1: 1 21835U 91086E 25245.75498096 .00002585 00000-0 46875-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 21835 82.5393 1.3281 1456310 8.6357 353.7078 12.20054868478508
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite MAGION 3.
Associated space launch
Scientific satellite dedicated to the ionosphere and magnetosphere
MAGION 3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AP-IK 1’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 18, 1991, 3:54 a.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AP-IK 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 18, 1991, 3:54 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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