Key statistics
Satellite IRIS R/B at a glance.
Uptime
12002
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
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: 95.313 minutes
Inclination: 41.1026 deg
SMA: 6911.873 km
Apoapsis: 829.492 km
Periapsis: 237.984 km
RAAN: 33.6975 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04278924
Argument of periapsis: 178.3532 deg
Mean anomaly: 181.88 deg
Mean motion: 15.10807454 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00282115 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001399403 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 1, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 31, 2025, 9:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIS R/B
TLE line 1: 1 22196U 92070D 25243.88196305 .00282115 21145-4 13994-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 22196 41.1026 33.6975 0427892 178.3532 181.8800 15.10807454350155
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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