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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: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 KANOPUS-V 4
1 43181U 18014B   26150.89681419  .00003429  00000-0  14932-3 0  9991
2 43181  97.3610  56.9250 0001985  81.4412 278.7050 15.22881298462103

Epoch: 2026-05-30T21:31Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-30T21:31:24.746Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

-154.33437°

Altitude

500.044 km

Speed

7.615 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 47m 41s

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

16:51:53

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

495.479 km

Perigee altitude

492.751 km

Semi-major axis

6,872.252 km

Eccentricity

0.0002

Inclination

97.361°

RAAN

56.925°

Arg. of periapsis

81.4412°

True anomaly

278.68251°

Mean anomaly

278.705°

Eccentric anomaly

278.69376°

Mean motion

3.80973 °/min

Orbital period

94.49 mins

BSTAR

0.00014932

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

S-NET A, 43188

KANOPUS-V 3, 43180

LEMUR 2 THENICKMOLO, 43185 (Decayed)

S-NET B, 43187

S-NET C, 43189

LEMUR 2 JIN-LUEN, 43182 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 URAMCHANSOL, 43183 (Decayed)

S-NET D, 43186

LEMUR 2 KADI, 43184

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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	2026-05-31 07:33:07.773Z	326.086° NNW	2026-05-31 07:35:07.773Z	288.184° WNW	16.552°	2026-05-31 07:37:07.773Z	252.639° W
5 mins	2026-05-31 18:10:07.773Z	203.824° SW	2026-05-31 18:12:07.773Z	277.783° WNW	33.944°	2026-05-31 18:15:07.773Z	333.715° NNW
4 mins	2026-06-01 07:13:07.773Z	328.484° NNW	2026-06-01 07:14:07.773Z	303.142° NW	25.63°	2026-06-01 07:17:07.773Z	232.223° WSW

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KANOPUS-V 4, 43181

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-30T21:31:24.746Z)

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Orbital elements

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

KANOPUS-V 4 Visibility forecast

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