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KANOPUS-V 6, 43877

Orbit data source: Space-Track

KANOPUS-V 6, 43877 is a payload satellite owned by VNIIEM (CIS) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 27 Dec 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

43877, 2018-111B

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

473 kg wet, 473 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-27 (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: 18 hours ago

TLE from 18 hours ago

0 KANOPUS-V 6
1 43877U 18111B   26205.60028772  .00006756  00000-0  16484-3 0  9998
2 43877  97.3678 122.9882 0001752  85.3487 274.7960 15.41202404421288

Epoch: 2026-07-24T14:24Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-07-24T14:24:24.859Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

-35.43998°

Altitude

445.58 km

Speed

7.645 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 11m 57s

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

21:46:49

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

440.69 km

Perigee altitude

438.301 km

Semi-major axis

6,817.632 km

Eccentricity

0.00018

Inclination

97.3678°

RAAN

122.9882°

Arg. of periapsis

85.3487°

True anomaly

274.77599°

Mean anomaly

274.796°

Eccentric anomaly

274.786°

Mean motion

3.85561 °/min

Orbital period

93.37 mins

BSTAR

0.00016484

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Other satellites on launch #111 in the year 2018 (2018-12-27 UTC)

FLOCK 3K 2, 43895 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 4, 43893 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 8, 43901 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 5, 43899 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 10, 43905 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 6, 43896 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 11, 43904 (Decayed)

LUME-1, 43908 (Decayed)

ZACUBE-2, 43907 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 9, 43906 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 1, 43894 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 GUSTAVO, 43885 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 TINYKEV, 43883 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 NATALIEMURRAY, 43887 (Decayed)

OBJECT R, 43891

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KANOPUS-V 6 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.
6 mins	2026-07-25 18:35:00.487Z	166.367° S	2026-07-25 18:38:00.487Z	355.073° N	43.965°	2026-07-25 18:41:00.487Z	348.643° N
4 mins	2026-07-26 07:30:00.487Z	6.211° NNE	2026-07-26 07:31:00.487Z	352.417° N	41.859°	2026-07-26 07:34:00.487Z	196.967° SSW

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KANOPUS-V 6, 43877

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 18 hours ago

TLE from 18 hours ago

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-07-24T14:24:24.859Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #111 in the year 2018 (2018-12-27 UTC)

KANOPUS-V 6 Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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