Key statistics
Satellite SL-24 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
7259
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-24 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-24 R/B
International designator: 2005-031C
Object number (NORAD): 28811
Object ID (CCSDS): 28811
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.8 minutes
Inclination: 97.7955 deg
SMA: 7269.222 km
Apoapsis: 1186.942 km
Periapsis: 595.232 km
RAAN: 246.9271 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0406997
Argument of periapsis: 276.2901 deg
Mean anomaly: 79.207 deg
Mean motion: 14.00782983 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000091 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000044688 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, 4:54 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-24 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 28811U 05031C 25187.20430724 .00000091 00000-0 44688-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 28811 97.7955 246.9271 0406997 276.2901 79.2070 14.00782983 15156
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-24 R/B.
Associated space launch
The Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS), also called Kirari, was an experimental satellite launched by JAXA to demonstrate interorbital communication between satellites through optical (laser) means.
SL-24 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Dnepr | Kirari’, on board a Dnepr space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 23, 2005, 9:09 p.m. from 109/95.
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Dnepr | Kirari
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 23, 2005, 9:09 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Dnepr
Launch pad: 109/95
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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