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ELEKTRO-L 4, 55506

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ELEKTRO-L 4, 55506 is a Commonwealth of Independent States-origin payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Sun, 05 Feb 2023 UTC via a PROTON-M/DM-3 launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). 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

55506, 2023-016A

Orbit

GEO

Country

CIS

Related business

Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (RU)

Manufacturer

Lavochkin

Mission

Operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

NAVIGATOR, Unknown motor

Mass

2,283 kg wet, 1,589 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-02-05 (3 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PROTON-M/DM-3

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan + 1 Ant, 5.0 m

Radar Cross Section

11.105 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 ELEKTRO-L 4
1 55506U 23016A   25258.55398109 -.00000075  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 55506   0.0582 347.7199 0002175 229.9564 142.3100  1.00270858  9584

Epoch: 2025-09-15T13:17Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-15T13:17:43.966Z)

Latitude

0.00114°

Longitude

165.80979°

Altitude

35,793.621 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 59m 59s

True Declination

0° 00' 04"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

12:38:36

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,797.096 km

Perigee altitude

35,778.754 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.062 km

Eccentricity

0.00022

Inclination

0.0582°

RAAN

347.7199°

Arg. of periapsis

229.9564°

True anomaly

142.32523°

Mean anomaly

142.31°

Eccentric anomaly

142.31762°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.16 mins

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ELEKTRO-L 4, 55506

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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