Key statistics
Satellite MAGION 5 at a glance.
Uptime
10544
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 4.1
Per day
Orbit
HEO
HEO
Inclination
62.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for MAGION 5.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: MAGION 5
International designator: 1996-050B
Object number (NORAD): 24292
Object ID (CCSDS): 24292
Country: Czechia (CZE)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 347.212 minutes
Inclination: 62.7132 deg
SMA: 16364.01 km
Apoapsis: 19199.038 km
Periapsis: 772.711 km
RAAN: 289.4874 deg
Eccentricy: 0.5630138
Argument of periapsis: 263.3588 deg
Mean anomaly: 33.1982 deg
Mean motion: 4.14732594 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000061 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00072436 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 6:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MAGION 5
TLE line 1: 1 24292U 96050B 25188.90537358 .00000061 00000-0 72436-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 24292 62.7132 289.4874 5630138 263.3588 33.1982 4.14732594437060
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite MAGION 5.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Interbol 2 and Magin 5 are satellites studying the magnetosphere. MuSat 1 is an experimental vehicle, intended to evaluate in-orbit behaviour of low-cost space technologies.
MAGION 5 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Molniya-M | Interbol 2, Magin 5 & MuSat 1’, on board a Molniya-M space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 29, 1996, 5:22 a.m. from 43/3 (43L).
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Molniya-M | Interbol 2, Magin 5 & MuSat 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 29, 1996, 5:22 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Molniya-M
Launch pad: 43/3 (43L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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