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GORIZONT 19, 20263

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GORIZONT 19, 20263 is a payload satellite owned by MSvyaz (CIS) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 28 Sep 1989 UTC via a PROTON-K/DM-2 launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

20263, 1989-081A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

MinSvyazi SSR Soyuzniy Uzel Radioveshchaniya i Radiosvyazi No. 9 (CIS)

Manufacturer

NPO PM

Mission

Non-operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

GORIZONT, Unknown motor

Mass

2,120 kg wet, ~2,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1989-09-28 (36 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PROTON-K/DM-2

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 2 Pan, 9.5 m

Radar Cross Section

23.870 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 GORIZONT 19
1 20263U 89081A   25183.58005354 -.00000320  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 20263  12.4612 335.8624 0005068 253.8422 358.7207  1.00336531 43839

Epoch: 2025-07-02T13:55Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T13:55:16.625Z)

Latitude

-11.90023°

Longitude

98.35455°

Altitude

35,749.077 km

Speed

3.077 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 12m 07s

True Declination

-11° 53' 19"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

12.13493°

Longitude

-77.57515°

Altitude

35,788.731 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 18m 33s

Apparent Declination

5° 58' 11"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:53:44

Azimuth

331.936° NNW

Elevation

-40.124°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,790.812 km

Perigee altitude

35,748.092 km

Semi-major axis

42,147.589 km

Eccentricity

0.00051

Inclination

12.4612°

RAAN

335.8624°

Arg. of periapsis

253.8422°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

358.7207°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25083 °/min

Orbital period

1,435.22 mins

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Other satellites on launch #81 in the year 1989 (1989-09-28 UTC)

SL-12 R/B(1), 20264 (Decayed)

SL-12 PLAT, 20265 (Decayed)

SL-12 R/B(2), 20266

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR), 20270 (Decayed)

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR), 20271 (Decayed)

GORIZONT 19 Visibility

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

GORIZONT 19 is likely not visible in the next few days

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