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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

7 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 7 hours ago

0 GONETS M 17
1 46486U 20068A   25115.50557502  .00000037  00000-0  19918-3 0  9998
2 46486  82.4965 247.3044 0022709 223.8892 136.0384 12.42892991207452

Epoch: 2025-04-25T12:08Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-25T12:08:01.681Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-148.4643°

Altitude

1,509.953 km

Speed

7.104 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 29m 13s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-28.15761°

Longitude

35.37935°

Altitude

1,487.429 km

Speed

7.127 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 41m 13s

Apparent Declination

-61° 41' 05"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:18:33

Azimuth

147.14° SSE

Elevation

-30.389°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,509.586 km

Perigee altitude

1,473.843 km

Semi-major axis

7,869.852 km

Eccentricity

0.0022709

Inclination

82.4965°

RAAN

247.3044°

Arg. of periapsis

223.8892°

True anomaly

136.21867°

Mean anomaly

136.0384°

Eccentric anomaly

136.12857°

Mean motion

3.1088 °/min

BSTAR

0.00019918

Orbital period

115.8 mins

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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

YARILO-1, 46490 (Decayed)

YARILO-2, 46491 (Decayed)

LACUNASAT-3, 46492 (Decayed)

KEPLER-5 (AMIDALA), 46498 (Decayed)

KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES), 46499

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.
16 mins	2025-04-25 20:28:51.243Z	354.97° N	2025-04-25 20:36:51.243Z	96.691° ESE	44.503°	2025-04-25 20:44:51.243Z	168.948° S
10 mins	2025-04-25 22:27:51.243Z	316.559° NNW	2025-04-25 22:32:51.243Z	277.072° WNW	19.04°	2025-04-25 22:37:51.243Z	240.247° WSW
8 mins	2025-04-26 07:36:51.243Z	105.893° ESE	2025-04-26 07:40:51.243Z	75.211° E	17.053°	2025-04-26 07:44:51.243Z	45.659° ENE
16 mins	2025-04-26 09:28:51.243Z	186.489° SSW	2025-04-26 09:35:51.243Z	211.457° SW	44.907°	2025-04-26 09:44:51.243Z	7.502° NNE
9 mins	2025-04-26 11:29:51.243Z	264.44° W	2025-04-26 11:33:51.243Z	294.391° NW	17.287°	2025-04-26 11:38:51.243Z	332.164° NNW

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