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GONETS M 12 (M22), 40553

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GONETS M 12 (M22), 40553 is a payload satellite owned by Gonets (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 UTC via an ROKOT 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

40553, 2015-020B

Orbit

LEO

Country

CIS

Related business

Gonets Leosat Systems (RU)

Manufacturer

Resehetnev ISS

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-3M, Unknown motor

Mass

225 kg wet, 225 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-03-31 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ROKOT

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 1 Ant, 3.5 m

Radar Cross Section

1.798 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 GONETS M 12 (M22)
1 40553U 15020B   25311.85660178  .00000030  00000-0  14581-3 0  9993
2 40553  82.4898 169.9596 0015396 108.3135 251.9621 12.42883417481232

Epoch: 2025-11-07T20:33Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-07T20:33:30.393Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

174.2884°

Altitude

1,500.874 km

Speed

7.112 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 19m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

01:12:23

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,503.872 km

Perigee altitude

1,479.639 km

Semi-major axis

7,869.892 km

Eccentricity

0.00154

Inclination

82.4898°

RAAN

169.9596°

Arg. of periapsis

108.3135°

True anomaly

251.79445°

Mean anomaly

251.9621°

Eccentric anomaly

251.87826°

Mean motion

3.10878 °/min

Orbital period

115.8 mins

BSTAR

0.00014581

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Other satellites on launch #20 in the year 2015 (2015-03-31 UTC)

GONETS M 13 (M23), 40554

GONETS M 11 (M21), 40552

BREEZE-KM DEB, 41720

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GONETS M 12 (M22) 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.
12 mins	2025-11-08 14:04:17.766Z	130.704° SE	2025-11-08 14:09:17.766Z	87.992° E	26.029°	2025-11-08 14:16:17.766Z	30.055° NE
15 mins	2025-11-08 15:59:17.766Z	207.971° SW	2025-11-08 16:06:17.766Z	291.045° WNW	40.245°	2025-11-08 16:14:17.766Z	0.227° NNE
5 mins	2025-11-09 00:16:17.766Z	43.739° NE	2025-11-09 00:18:17.766Z	58.219° ENE	12.66°	2025-11-09 00:21:17.766Z	79.549° E
16 mins	2025-11-09 02:09:17.766Z	357.884° N	2025-11-09 02:17:17.766Z	96.754° ESE	43.019°	2025-11-09 02:25:17.766Z	163.323° S
10 mins	2025-11-09 04:08:17.766Z	317.605° NNW	2025-11-09 04:13:17.766Z	274.978° WNW	21.906°	2025-11-09 04:18:17.766Z	235.72° WSW

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GONETS M 12 (M22), 40553

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-07T20:33:30.393Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #20 in the year 2015 (2015-03-31 UTC)

GONETS M 12 (M22) Visibility forecast

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