NORAD 22316
IUS R/B(2)
📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Computing position…
Blue circle: where it is above the horizon now
Time
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 22316
- International designator
- 1993-003D
- Launch date
- Jan 13, 1993
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
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- Beacon
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- Mode
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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- Range
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-11-07 15:33:26 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 24.0 hours, on an orbit tilted 11.8° from the equator, between 35,560 and 36,123 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About IUS R/B(2)
IUS R/B(2) is a spent rocket stage from the United States, launched on Jan 13, 1993 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 126°W, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.