Key statistics
Satellite SL-6 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
10784
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-6 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-6 R/B
International designator: 1995-072C
Object number (NORAD): 23753
Object ID (CCSDS): 23753
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.915 minutes
Inclination: 98.7498 deg
SMA: 7180.085 km
Apoapsis: 804.906 km
Periapsis: 798.995 km
RAAN: 254.1103 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004116
Argument of periapsis: 33.2079 deg
Mean anomaly: 326.9358 deg
Mean motion: 14.26948665 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000034 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000032394 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, 3:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-6 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 23753U 95072C 25187.63076333 .00000034 00000-0 32394-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 23753 98.7498 254.1103 0004116 33.2079 326.9358 14.26948665536639
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-6 R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SL-6 R/B.
Associated space launch
IRS 1C and 1D (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) were the second version of the series of indigenous state-of-art remote sensing satellites. Skipper was an international project initiated by BMDO to measure the bow-shock UV emissions from reentering bodies at different speeds and heights.
SL-6 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Molniya-M | IRS-1C & Skipper’, on board a Molniya-M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 28, 1995, 6:45 a.m. from 31/6.
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Molniya-M | IRS-1C & Skipper
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 28, 1995, 6:45 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Molniya-M
Launch pad: 31/6
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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