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GONETS M 18, 46487

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GONETS M 18, 46487 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

46487, 2020-068B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

3 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 3 hours ago

0 GONETS M 18
1 46487U 20068B   25129.23765627  .00000016  00000-0  41559-4 0  9997
2 46487  82.4938 238.0387 0020534 190.0346 170.0326 12.42884078209164

Epoch: 2025-05-09T05:42Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T05:42:13.501Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

-74.81424°

Altitude

1,513.026 km

Speed

7.101 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 52m 09s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-56.04248°

Longitude

116.33014°

Altitude

1,504.983 km

Speed

7.117 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 50m 48s

Apparent Declination

-48° 43' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:03:28

Azimuth

166.651° S

Elevation

-80.913°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,507.912 km

Perigee altitude

1,475.592 km

Semi-major axis

7,869.889 km

Eccentricity

0.0020534

Inclination

82.4938°

RAAN

238.0387°

Arg. of periapsis

190.0346°

True anomaly

170.07323°

Mean anomaly

170.0326°

Eccentric anomaly

170.05292°

Mean motion

3.10878 °/min

BSTAR

0.000041559

Orbital period

115.8 mins

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

GONETS M 17, 46486

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 18 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.
13 mins	2025-05-09 09:42:14.295Z	244.313° WSW	2025-05-09 09:48:14.295Z	289.181° WNW	22.042°	2025-05-09 09:55:14.295Z	343.597° N
14 mins	2025-05-09 17:55:14.295Z	13.103° NNE	2025-05-09 18:02:14.295Z	77.865° E	29.487°	2025-05-09 18:09:14.295Z	133.609° SE
14 mins	2025-05-09 19:52:14.295Z	337.957° N	2025-05-09 19:59:14.295Z	261.218° W	37.407°	2025-05-09 20:06:14.295Z	200.819° SSW
14 mins	2025-05-10 06:55:14.295Z	148.452° SSE	2025-05-10 07:02:14.295Z	83.662° E	33.144°	2025-05-10 07:09:14.295Z	23.768° NE

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