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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

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

Federal Space Agency of Russia (Roscosmos) (CIS)

Manufacturer

VNIIEM

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

KANOPUS, Unknown motor

Mass

473 kg wet, 473 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-27 (7 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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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 KANOPUS-V 6
1 43877U 18111B   25224.56496742  .00005077  00000-0  16346-3 0  9991
2 43877  97.3757 135.9160 0001801  86.3970 273.7478 15.32662359368138

Epoch: 2025-08-12T13:33Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-12T13:33:33.185Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

-28.72806°

Altitude

470.901 km

Speed

7.631 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 03m 39s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-32.26698°

Longitude

146.84356°

Altitude

480.842 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 09m 03s

Apparent Declination

-35° 56' 28"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

09:36:28

Azimuth

55.813° ENE

Elevation

-83.294°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

466.053 km

Perigee altitude

463.588 km

Semi-major axis

6,842.957 km

Eccentricity

0.00018

Inclination

97.3757°

RAAN

135.916°

Arg. of periapsis

86.397°

True anomaly

273.72721°

Mean anomaly

273.7478°

Eccentric anomaly

273.7375°

Mean motion

3.83422 °/min

Orbital period

93.89 mins

BSTAR

0.00016346

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

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FLOCK 3K 7, 43902 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 12, 43903 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 11, 43904 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 10, 43905 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 9, 43906 (Decayed)

ZACUBE-2, 43907 (Decayed)

LUME-1, 43908 (Decayed)

OBJECT C, 43878 (Decayed)

ISAT, 43879

UWE-4, 43880

D-STAR ONE SPARROW, 43881

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	2025-08-13 07:20:59.823Z	356.948° N	2025-08-13 07:23:59.823Z	280.441° WNW	35.353°	2025-08-13 07:26:59.823Z	213.257° SW
4 mins	2025-08-13 17:54:59.823Z	134.998° SE	2025-08-13 17:56:59.823Z	46.121° ENE	35.136°	2025-08-13 17:58:59.823Z	4.276° NNE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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