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KANOPUS-V 4, 43181

Orbit data source: Space-Track

KANOPUS-V 4, 43181 is a payload satellite owned by VNIIEM (CIS) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 01 Feb 2018 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1A launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome (VOSTO). 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

43181, 2018-014B

Orbit

SSO

Country

CIS

Related business

Federal Space Agency of Russia (Roscosmos) (RU)

Manufacturer

VNIIEM

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

KANOPUS, Unknown motor

Mass

490 kg wet, 490 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-02-01 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1A

Launch site

Vostochny Cosmodrome (VOSTO)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 3.0 m

Radar Cross Section

1.665 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 9 hours ago

TLE from 9 hours ago

0 KANOPUS-V 4
1 43181U 18014B   26103.97846480  .00000035  00000-0  44303-5 0  9996
2 43181  97.3630  10.9505 0001799  96.8984 263.2457 15.22661429454962

Epoch: 2026-04-13T23:28Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-13T23:28:59.358Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

176.54187°

Altitude

501.058 km

Speed

7.614 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 43m 48s

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

15:00:03

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

496.014 km

Perigee altitude

493.541 km

Semi-major axis

6,872.914 km

Eccentricity

0.00018

Inclination

97.363°

RAAN

10.9505°

Arg. of periapsis

96.8984°

True anomaly

263.22523°

Mean anomaly

263.2457°

Eccentric anomaly

263.23546°

Mean motion

3.80918 °/min

Orbital period

94.51 mins

BSTAR

0.0000044303

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KANOPUS-V 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.
4 mins	2026-04-14 16:59:24.401Z	106.513° ESE	2026-04-14 17:01:24.401Z	64.864° ENE	19.054°	2026-04-14 17:03:24.401Z	27° NE
4 mins	2026-04-14 18:33:24.401Z	231.893° WSW	2026-04-14 18:34:24.401Z	254.502° W	20.979°	2026-04-14 18:37:24.401Z	315.312° NNW
4 mins	2026-04-15 06:02:24.401Z	55.375° ENE	2026-04-15 06:04:24.401Z	110.097° ESE	24.821°	2026-04-15 06:06:24.401Z	150.631° SSE

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KANOPUS-V 4, 43181

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-13T23:28:59.358Z)

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Other satellites on launch #14 in the year 2018 (2018-02-01 UTC)

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