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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 (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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Last TLE update: 18 hours ago

TLE from 18 hours ago

0 KANOPUS-V 6
1 43877U 18111B   25350.30103719  .00013423  00000-0  40088-3 0  9996
2 43877  97.3765 261.3999 0001727  94.8499 265.2941 15.34727797387400

Epoch: 2025-12-16T07:13Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-16T07:13:29.613Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

67.8393°

Altitude

464.937 km

Speed

7.634 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 25m 35s

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

23:55:57

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

459.855 km

Perigee altitude

457.493 km

Semi-major axis

6,836.811 km

Eccentricity

0.00017

Inclination

97.3765°

RAAN

261.3999°

Arg. of periapsis

94.8499°

True anomaly

265.27438°

Mean anomaly

265.2941°

Eccentric anomaly

265.28424°

Mean motion

3.8394 °/min

Orbital period

93.76 mins

BSTAR

0.00040088

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

FLOCK 3K 6, 43896 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 7, 43902 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 DAISY-HARPER, 43889 (Decayed)

ZACUBE-2, 43907 (Decayed)

OBJECT R, 43891

LEMUR 2 CHRISTINAHOLT, 43882 (Decayed)

UWE-4, 43880

FLOCK 3K 2, 43895 (Decayed)

ISAT, 43879

GRUS-1A, 43890

LEMUR 2 SARAHBETTYBOO, 43888 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 ZO, 43886 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 12, 43903 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 NATALIEMURRAY, 43887 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 TINYKEV, 43883 (Decayed)

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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	2025-12-17 07:14:43.587Z	6.7° NNE	2025-12-17 07:17:43.587Z	328.275° NNW	41.245°	2025-12-17 07:20:43.587Z	202.371° SSW
4 mins	2025-12-17 17:48:43.587Z	110.697° ESE	2025-12-17 17:49:43.587Z	78.92° E	27.734°	2025-12-17 17:52:43.587Z	10.377° NNE

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KANOPUS-V 6, 43877

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-16T07:13:29.613Z)

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Orbital elements

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

KANOPUS-V 6 Visibility forecast

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