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LARETS, 27944

Orbit data source: Space-Track

LARETS, 27944 is a payload satellite owned by NII KP (CIS) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 27 Sep 2003 UTC via a KOSMOS 11K65M 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

27944, 2003-042F

Orbit

SSO

Country

CIS

Related business

Federal Space Agency of Russia (Roscosmos) (RU)

Manufacturer

NII KP

Mission

Operational Defense Calibration

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2003-09-27 (22 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KOSMOS 11K65M

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Sphere, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.031 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 LARETS
1 27944U 03042F   26023.61666231  .00000185  00000-0  45095-4 0  9990
2 27944  98.3936 182.9381 0013287 124.2382 236.0080 14.63834524192215

Epoch: 2026-01-23T14:47Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-23T14:47:59.623Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-162.01323°

Altitude

689.057 km

Speed

7.509 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 11m 45s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

03:39:33

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

687.28 km

Perigee altitude

668.529 km

Semi-major axis

7,056.042 km

Eccentricity

0.00133

Inclination

98.3936°

RAAN

182.9381°

Arg. of periapsis

124.2382°

True anomaly

235.88188°

Mean anomaly

236.008°

Eccentric anomaly

235.94493°

Mean motion

3.66186 °/min

Orbital period

98.31 mins

BSTAR

0.000045095

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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.
7 mins	2026-01-24 10:37:18.222Z	175.069° S	2026-01-24 10:40:18.222Z	285.483° WNW	43.716°	2026-01-24 10:44:18.222Z	342.792° N
6 mins	2026-01-24 22:34:18.222Z	53.244° ENE	2026-01-24 22:36:18.222Z	87.051° E	22.643°	2026-01-24 22:40:18.222Z	149.963° SSE
6 mins	2026-01-25 00:11:18.222Z	340.979° N	2026-01-25 00:14:18.222Z	282.573° WNW	26.479°	2026-01-25 00:17:18.222Z	235.067° WSW

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LARETS, 27944

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-23T14:47:59.623Z)

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