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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

4 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 4 hours ago

0 GONETS M 17
1 46486U 20068A   25129.19003393  .00000017  00000-0  54963-4 0  9990
2 46486  82.4983 238.7919 0023281 193.6929 166.3522 12.42893701209168

Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:33Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:33:38.931Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-56.87005°

Altitude

1,514.876 km

Speed

7.1 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 55m 10s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

66.9713°

Longitude

-39.02398°

Altitude

1,516.457 km

Speed

7.108 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 39m 47s

Apparent Declination

60° 16' 30"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:56:40

Azimuth

2.126° NNE

Elevation

10.251°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,510.033 km

Perigee altitude

1,473.39 km

Semi-major axis

7,869.849 km

Eccentricity

0.0023281

Inclination

82.4983°

RAAN

238.7919°

Arg. of periapsis

193.6929°

True anomaly

166.41497°

Mean anomaly

166.3522°

Eccentric anomaly

166.3836°

Mean motion

3.10881 °/min

BSTAR

0.000054963

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 (Decayed)

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.
15 mins	2025-05-09 18:42:27.412Z	0.113° NNE	2025-05-09 18:49:27.412Z	66.859° ENE	41.764°	2025-05-09 18:57:27.412Z	158.449° S
12 mins	2025-05-09 20:40:27.412Z	323.557° NNW	2025-05-09 20:45:27.412Z	282.859° WNW	23.859°	2025-05-09 20:52:27.412Z	227.062° WSW
5 mins	2025-05-10 05:52:27.412Z	87.106° E	2025-05-10 05:54:27.412Z	72.773° E	12.685°	2025-05-10 05:57:27.412Z	52.088° ENE
15 mins	2025-05-10 07:42:27.412Z	175.507° S	2025-05-10 07:49:27.412Z	89.861° E	44.026°	2025-05-10 07:57:27.412Z	11.541° NNE

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