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GONETS M 17, 46486

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GONETS M 17, 46486 is a payload satellite owned by Gonets (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Mon, 28 Sep 2020 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1B launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). 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

46486, 2020-068A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

Gonets Leosat Systems (CIS)

Manufacturer

Resehetnev ISS

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-3M, Unknown motor

Mass

225 kg wet, 225 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-09-28 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1B

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 1 Ant, 7 m

Radar Cross Section

1.798 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 GONETS M 17
1 46486U 20068A   25186.50366805  .00000035  00000-0  18227-3 0  9990
2 46486  82.4959 203.1481 0024393  73.1039 287.2713 12.42895724216092

Epoch: 2025-07-05T12:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T12:05:16.919Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

98.08684°

Altitude

1,491.392 km

Speed

7.121 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 32m 35s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

13.75988°

Longitude

-84.02602°

Altitude

1,497.6 km

Speed

7.116 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 18m 43s

Apparent Declination

-10° 38' 54"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:34:20

Azimuth

314.491° NW

Elevation

-52.705°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,510.9 km

Perigee altitude

1,472.506 km

Semi-major axis

7,869.84 km

Eccentricity

0.00244

Inclination

82.4959°

RAAN

203.1481°

Arg. of periapsis

73.1039°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

287.2713°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.10881 °/min

Orbital period

115.8 mins

BSTAR

0.00018227

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Other satellites on launch #68 in the year 2020 (2020-09-28 UTC)

GONETS M 18, 46487

GONETS M 19, 46488

MEZNSAT, 46489 (Decayed)

YARILO-1, 46490 (Decayed)

YARILO-2, 46491 (Decayed)

LACUNASAT-3, 46492 (Decayed)

KEPLER-5 (AMIDALA), 46498 (Decayed)

KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES), 46499 (Decayed)

LEMUR-2-SLICERS, 46500 (Decayed)

GONETS M 17 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	2025-07-05 23:51:07.468Z	98.026° ESE	2025-07-05 23:54:07.468Z	76.37° E	13.537°	2025-07-05 23:57:07.468Z	54.509° ENE
16 mins	2025-07-06 01:42:07.468Z	179.118° S	2025-07-06 01:49:07.468Z	128.372° SE	44.35°	2025-07-06 01:58:07.468Z	10.121° NNE
10 mins	2025-07-06 03:43:07.468Z	260.24° W	2025-07-06 03:47:07.468Z	293.094° NW	19.902°	2025-07-06 03:53:07.468Z	339.53° N
13 mins	2025-07-06 11:54:07.468Z	13.938° NNE	2025-07-06 12:00:07.468Z	71.772° E	31.646°	2025-07-06 12:07:07.468Z	134.96° SE
15 mins	2025-07-06 13:50:07.468Z	337.474° NNW	2025-07-06 13:57:07.468Z	270.807° WNW	35.647°	2025-07-06 14:05:07.468Z	202.978° SW

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