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GONETS D1 4, 24728

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GONETS D1 4, 24728 is a payload satellite owned by Gonets (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 14 Feb 1997 UTC via a TSIKLON-3 launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). 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

24728, 1997-006D

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

Gonets Leosat Systems (CIS)

Manufacturer

NPO PM

Mission

Non-operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-3, Unknown motor

Mass

225 kg wet, 225 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1997-02-14 (28 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TSIKLON-3

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 1 Ant, 7 m

Radar Cross Section

1.798 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 GONETS D1 4
1 24728U 97006D   25128.96606527  .00000037  00000-0  14340-3 0  9999
2 24728  82.6009 134.1002 0008322  28.3510 331.8034 12.63910640302149

Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:11Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:11:08.039Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

-80.71227°

Altitude

1,403.868 km

Speed

7.161 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 56m 24s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

3.74984°

Longitude

-80.6315°

Altitude

1,403.206 km

Speed

7.162 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 34m 20s

Apparent Declination

-16° 02' 55"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:34:22

Azimuth

32.978° NE

Elevation

-62.79°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,410.639 km

Perigee altitude

1,397.686 km

Semi-major axis

7,782.299 km

Eccentricity

0.0008322

Inclination

82.6009°

RAAN

134.1002°

Arg. of periapsis

28.351°

True anomaly

331.7583°

Mean anomaly

331.8034°

Eccentric anomaly

331.78085°

Mean motion

3.16141 °/min

BSTAR

0.0001434

Orbital period

113.87 mins

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GONETS D1 4 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
14 mins	2025-05-09 23:58:14.070Z	150.175° SSE	2025-05-10 00:05:14.070Z	92.275° ESE	31.566°	2025-05-10 00:12:14.070Z	25.476° NE
13 mins	2025-05-10 01:54:14.070Z	221.222° SW	2025-05-10 02:00:14.070Z	283.945° WNW	34.491°	2025-05-10 02:07:14.070Z	352.619° N
6 mins	2025-05-10 10:02:14.070Z	42.098° NE	2025-05-10 10:04:14.070Z	57.489° ENE	13.843°	2025-05-10 10:08:14.070Z	87.642° E
15 mins	2025-05-10 11:54:14.070Z	356.774° N	2025-05-10 12:01:14.070Z	99.916° ESE	44.14°	2025-05-10 12:09:14.070Z	167.795° S
9 mins	2025-05-10 13:51:14.070Z	311.167° NW	2025-05-10 13:55:14.070Z	276.66° WNW	19.223°	2025-05-10 14:00:14.070Z	238.29° WSW

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