Key statistics
Satellite INTERBALL AURORA at a glance.
Uptime
10604
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 INTERBALL AURORA.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: INTERBALL AURORA
International designator: 1996-050C
Object number (NORAD): 24293
Object ID (CCSDS): 24293
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 347.208 minutes
Inclination: 62.6974 deg
SMA: 16363.907 km
Apoapsis: 19181.406 km
Periapsis: 790.139 km
RAAN: 268.2622 deg
Eccentricy: 0.56194608
Argument of periapsis: 264.6104 deg
Mean anomaly: 32.4573 deg
Mean motion: 4.14736487 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000036 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 2:18 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 INTERBALL AURORA
TLE line 1: 1 24293U 96050C 25247.09593524 .00000036 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 24293 62.6974 268.2622 5619461 264.6104 32.4573 4.14736487439452
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite INTERBALL AURORA.
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.
INTERBALL AURORA 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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