Key statistics
Satellite MAGION 5 at a glance.
Uptime
10484
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: 347.215 minutes
Inclination: 62.7442 deg
SMA: 16364.126 km
Apoapsis: 19209.093 km
Periapsis: 762.89 km
RAAN: 310.7347 deg
Eccentricy: 0.5636171
Argument of periapsis: 262.2117 deg
Mean anomaly: 33.7711 deg
Mean motion: 4.14728162 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000038 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028526 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 1:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MAGION 5
TLE line 1: 1 24292U 96050B 25130.55459719 -.00000038 00000-0 28526-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 24292 62.7442 310.7347 5636171 262.2117 33.7711 4.14728162434526
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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