Key statistics
Satellite IRIS R/B at a glance.
Uptime
11946
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
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: 96.638 minutes
Inclination: 41.1077 deg
SMA: 6975.783 km
Apoapsis: 952.215 km
Periapsis: 243.082 km
RAAN: 348.7923 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0508282
Argument of periapsis: 154.3214 deg
Mean anomaly: 208.3791 deg
Mean motion: 14.90092689 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00160259 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00098566 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIS R/B
TLE line 1: 1 22196U 92070D 25187.60000916 .00160259 10244-4 98566-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 22196 41.1077 348.7923 0508282 154.3214 208.3791 14.90092689341706
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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