Key statistics
Satellite IRIS R/B at a glance.
Uptime
12106
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
41.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for IRIS R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: IRIS R/B
International designator: 1992-070D
Object number (NORAD): 22196
Object ID (CCSDS): 22196
Country: ITALY (IT)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 90.359 minutes
Inclination: 41.0784 deg
SMA: 6670.256 km
Apoapsis: 383.568 km
Periapsis: 200.675 km
RAAN: 145.5828 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01370958
Argument of periapsis: 202.7601 deg
Mean anomaly: 156.7125 deg
Mean motion: 15.93635473 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.01107084 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011143006 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 4:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIS R/B
TLE line 1: 1 22196U 92070D 25345.69742431 .01107084 69265-5 11143-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 22196 41.0784 145.5828 0137096 202.7601 156.7125 15.93635473365886
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite IRIS R/B.
Associated space launch
STS-52 was a Space Transportation System (NASA Space Shuttle) mission using orbiter Columbia, and was launched on 22 October 1992.
IRIS R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-52’, on board a Space Shuttle space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 22, 1992, 5:09 p.m. from Launch Complex 39B.
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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-52
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 22, 1992, 5:09 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39B
Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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