Key statistics
Satellite SL-18 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
9063
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-18 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-18 R/B
International designator: 2001-007B
Object number (NORAD): 26703
Object ID (CCSDS): 26703
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.571 minutes
Inclination: 97.6955 deg
SMA: 6924.32 km
Apoapsis: 551.503 km
Periapsis: 540.868 km
RAAN: 1.424 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00076796
Argument of periapsis: 276.6394 deg
Mean anomaly: 83.3959 deg
Mean motion: 15.06735566 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004472 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030487977 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-18 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 26703U 01007B 25347.65838885 .00004472 00000-0 30488-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 26703 97.6955 1.4240 0007680 276.6394 83.3959 15.06735566633193
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-18 R/B.
Associated space launch
Odin is a Swedish satellite working in two disciplines: astrophysics and aeronomy, and it was named after Odin of Norse mythology.
SL-18 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Start-1 | Odin’, on board a Start-1 space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 20, 2001, 8:48 a.m. from 5.
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Start-1 | Odin
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 20, 2001, 8:48 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Start-1
Launch pad: 5
Location: Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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