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Orbital elements based on amateur observations | Sun-synchronous Satellites by LTDN - Russia
This a list of satellites in sun-synchronous orbit operated by Russia ordered by LTDN - Local Time at the Descending Node. Names are not necessarily those by which they are known in the NORAD catalogue used by SpaceTrack.
It is notable that the Russian sun-synchronous fleet is quite small. None of the active satellites appearing here date from the Soviet era.
The list is a snapshot and is updated weekly. The measure that results in an entry in this table is that the drift rate of LTDN (Local Time at the Descending Node) is no more than twenty four minutes each year. Some satellites may have higher drift rates but they may still be acceptable to their owners/operators. They do not appear here. On the converse, although a satellite is in a sun-synchronous orbit, it is not necessarily active.
Updated: 2026 Aug 6, 23:03 UTC
| LTDN |
Satellite |
Cat no |
Desig- nation |
Orbit Epoch |
Orbit |
| 00:31 | Resurs-P 5 (Resurs-P №5) | 62430 | 2024-250A | 2026 Aug 6 | 467 x 471 km, 94.0 min, 97°.3 | | 00:54 | Cosmos 2591 | 65267 | 2025-182A | 2026 Aug 6 | 283 x 286 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:54 | Cosmos 2592 | 65268 | 2025-182B | 2026 Aug 6 | 283 x 286 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:54 | Cosmos 2593 | 65269 | 2025-182C | 2026 Aug 6 | 283 x 286 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:54 | Cosmos 2594 | 65270 | 2025-182D | 2026 Aug 6 | 284 x 285 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 01:59 | Cosmos 2441 (Persona 14F137 № 1) | 33272 | 2008-037A | 2026 Aug 6 | 704 x 726 km, 99.1 min, 98°.3 | | 02:02 | Resurs-P 4 (Resurs-P №4) | 59371 | 2024-061A | 2026 Aug 6 | 467 x 470 km, 94.0 min, 97°.3 | | 02:48 | Meteor M2-4 | 59051 | 2024-039A | 2026 Aug 6 | 812 x 823 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 02:56 | Sterkh 2 (Sterkh № 12L) | 35866 | 2009-049B | 2026 Aug 6 | 809 x 815 km, 101.1 min, 98°.7 | | 02:56 | Ionosfera-M №3 | 64876 | 2025-155A | 2026 Aug 6 | 818 x 822 km, 101.3 min, 98°.6 | | 02:56 | Ionosfera-M №4 | 64877 | 2025-155B | 2026 Aug 6 | 819 x 822 km, 101.3 min, 98°.6 | | 02:59 | Ugatusat (RS-28) | 35869 | 2009-049E | 2026 Aug 6 | 811 x 818 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 03:01 | Tatyana 2 (RS-38) | 35868 | 2009-049D | 2026 Aug 6 | 807 x 815 km, 101.1 min, 98°.7 | | 03:02 | Meteor M-1 | 35865 | 2009-049A | 2026 Aug 6 | 813 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 03:02 | BLITS (Ball Lens In [The] Space) | 35871 | 2009-049G | 2026 Aug 6 | 815 x 821 km, 101.3 min, 98°.8 | | 06:00 | Obzor-R 1 (Obzor-R № 1) | 67234 | 2025-310A | 2026 Aug 1 | 641 x 644 km, 97.6 min, 98°.0 | | 06:05 | Cosmos 2517 (Geo-IK-2 № 12/Musson 2-2) | 41579 | 2016-034A | 2026 Aug 6 | 942 x 944 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | | 06:16 | Cosmos 2540 (Geo-IK-2 № 13/Musson 2-3) | 44517 | 2019-057A | 2026 Aug 6 | 931 x 955 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | | 07:03 | Cosmos 2512 (KYuA-1) | 41099 | 2015-071B | 2026 Aug 6 | 639 x 645 km, 97.6 min, 98°.1 | | 09:09 | Meteor M2-3 | 57166 | 2023-091A | 2026 Aug 6 | 808 x 815 km, 101.1 min, 98°.6 | | 09:26 | Okean-O (Okean-O №1) | 25860 | 1999-039A | 2026 Aug 6 | 627 x 629 km, 97.3 min, 97°.9 | | 09:29 | Zorki-2M 01 | 57177 | 2023-091M | 2026 Aug 6 | 493 x 509 km, 94.6 min, 97°.5 | | 10:20 | Cosmos 2600 | 67674 | 2026-023A | 2026 Aug 6 | 317 x 328 km, 91.0 min, 96°.8 | | 12:26 | Cosmos 2572 | 58435 | 2023-182A | 2026 Aug 5 | 298 x 306 km, 90.6 min, 96°.7 | | 13:15 | Cosmos 2576 | 59773 | 2024-092A | 2026 Aug 6 | 496 x 513 km, 94.7 min, 97°.4 | | 13:29 | Rassvet-2 01 | 59779 | 2024-092G | 2026 Aug 6 | 776 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 13:29 | Rassvet-2 02 | 59780 | 2024-092H | 2026 Aug 6 | 776 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 13:29 | Rassvet-2 03 | 59781 | 2024-092J | 2026 Aug 6 | 776 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 18:29 | Condor-FKA №1 | 56756 | 2023-074A | 2026 Aug 6 | 506 x 508 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4 | | 19:04 | Condor-FKA №2 | 62138 | 2024-223A | 2026 Aug 6 | 505 x 508 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4 | | 20:46 | Druzhba ATURK | 61781 | 2024-199AY | 2026 Aug 6 | 447 x 467 km, 93.7 min, 97°.3 | | 20:50 | Vladivostok 1 | 61751 | 2024-199S | 2026 Aug 6 | 446 x 461 km, 93.7 min, 97°.3 | | 20:50 | Altair | 61779 | 2024-199AW | 2026 Aug 6 | 443 x 462 km, 93.6 min, 97°.3 | | 21:04 | Ionosfera-M №1 | 61735 | 2024-199A | 2026 Aug 6 | 815 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 21:04 | Ionosfera-M №2 | 61736 | 2024-199B | 2026 Aug 6 | 815 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 23:07 | Khayyam | 53370 | 2022-096A | 2026 Aug 6 | 487 x 489 km, 94.4 min, 97°.3 | | 23:11 | Canopus-Vulcan 2 (Canopus-Vulcan IK) | 42825 | 2017-042A | 2026 Aug 6 | 497 x 500 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | | 23:11 | Canopus-Vulcan 3 | 43180 | 2018-014A | 2026 Aug 5 | 497 x 500 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | | 23:11 | Canopus-Vulcan 5 | 43876 | 2018-111A | 2026 Aug 5 | 497 x 500 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | | 23:12 | Canopus-Vulcan 4 | 43181 | 2018-014B | 2026 Aug 4 | 497 x 500 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | | 23:58 | Cosmos 2616 | 68827 | 2026-090B | 2026 Aug 6 | 308 x 326 km, 90.9 min, 96°.6 | | 23:59 | Cosmos 2615 | 68826 | 2026-090A | 2026 Aug 6 | 310 x 322 km, 90.8 min, 96°.6 | | 23:59 | Cosmos 2617 | 68828 | 2026-090C | 2026 Aug 6 | 308 x 326 km, 90.9 min, 96°.6 | | 23:59 | Cosmos 2618 | 68829 | 2026-090D | 2026 Aug 6 | 308 x 326 km, 90.9 min, 96°.6 |
For the satellites that do not have formal published elements, thanks go to the radio and visual amateur satellite trackers for their observing, and particularly to Mike McCants for archiving the derived orbits.
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