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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 daily. 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: 2024 Mar 29, 03:48 UTC
LTDN |
Satellite |
Cat no |
Desig- nation |
Orbit Epoch |
Orbit |
01:52 | Cosmos 2441 (Persona 14F137 № 1) | 33272 | 2008-037A | 2024 Mar 28 | 707 x 729 km, 99.1 min, 98°.2 | 02:54 | BLITS (Ball Lens In [The] Space) | 35871 | 2009-049G | 2024 Mar 28 | 816 x 822 km, 101.3 min, 98°.7 | 02:57 | Ugatusat (RS-28) | 35869 | 2009-049E | 2024 Mar 28 | 812 x 820 km, 101.2 min, 98°.6 | 02:59 | Sterkh 2 (Sterkh № 12L) | 35866 | 2009-049B | 2024 Mar 28 | 811 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.6 | 03:00 | Meteor M-1 | 35865 | 2009-049A | 2024 Mar 28 | 814 x 819 km, 101.2 min, 98°.6 | 03:01 | Tatyana 2 (RS-38) | 35868 | 2009-049D | 2024 Mar 28 | 810 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.6 | 03:04 | Meteor M2-4 | 59051 | 2024-039A | 2024 Mar 28 | 813 x 823 km, 101.3 min, 98°.6 | 06:18 | Cosmos 2517 (Geo-IK-2 № 12/Musson 2-2) | 41579 | 2016-034A | 2024 Mar 28 | 942 x 944 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | 06:20 | Cosmos 2540 (Geo-IK-2 № 13/Musson 2-3) | 44517 | 2019-057A | 2024 Mar 28 | 931 x 955 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | 06:29 | Cosmos 2512 (KYuA-1) | 41099 | 2015-071B | 2024 Mar 28 | 663 x 675 km, 98.1 min, 98°.1 | 08:29 | Cosmos 2535 | 44421 | 2019-039A | 2024 Mar 28 | 597 x 610 km, 96.8 min, 97°.7 | 08:50 | Resurs-P (Resurs-P №1) | 39186 | 2013-030A | 2024 Mar 28 | 378 x 392 km, 92.3 min, 97°.0 | 08:58 | Okean-O (Okean-O №1) | 25860 | 1999-039A | 2024 Mar 28 | 634 x 636 km, 97.4 min, 98°.0 | 09:09 | Cosmos 2506 (Persona 14F137 №3) | 40699 | 2015-029A | 2024 Mar 28 | 708 x 719 km, 99.1 min, 98°.2 | 09:09 | Meteor M2-3 | 57166 | 2023-091A | 2024 Mar 28 | 809 x 815 km, 101.1 min, 98°.7 | 09:54 | Cosmos 2538 | 44424 | 2019-039D | 2024 Mar 28 | 509 x 586 km, 95.6 min, 97°.7 | 11:13 | Resurs-P 2 (Resurs-P №2 ) | 40360 | 2014-087A | 2024 Mar 28 | 400 x 408 km, 92.6 min, 97°.2 | 12:04 | Cosmos 2558 | 53323 | 2022-089A | 2024 Mar 28 | 458 x 466 km, 93.8 min, 97°.2 | 12:27 | Cosmos 2572 | 58435 | 2023-182A | 2024 Mar 28 | 285 x 313 km, 90.5 min, 96°.7 | 18:29 | Condor-FKA №1 | 56756 | 2023-074A | 2024 Mar 28 | 506 x 508 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4 | 22:35 | Cosmos 2574 | 58658 | 2023-209A | 2024 Mar 28 | 321 x 331 km, 91.0 min, 96°.7 | 22:36 | Cosmos 2575 | 58929 | 2024-026A | 2024 Mar 28 | 342 x 351 km, 91.5 min, 96°.7 | 22:48 | OrbiCraft-Zorkiy | 47960 | 2021-022AE | 2024 Mar 28 | 484 x 506 km, 94.5 min, 97°.5 | 23:11 | Khayyam | 53370 | 2022-096A | 2024 Mar 28 | 485 x 487 km, 94.3 min, 97°.4 | 23:24 | Canopus-Vulcan 2 (Canopus-Vulcan IK) | 42825 | 2017-042A | 2024 Mar 28 | 498 x 501 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | 23:24 | Canopus-Vulcan 3 | 43180 | 2018-014A | 2024 Mar 28 | 498 x 500 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | 23:24 | Canopus-Vulcan 4 | 43181 | 2018-014B | 2024 Mar 28 | 498 x 501 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | 23:24 | Canopus-Vulcan 5 | 43876 | 2018-111A | 2024 Mar 28 | 498 x 500 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | 23:25 | Canopus-Vulcan 6 | 43877 | 2018-111B | 2024 Mar 28 | 492 x 494 km, 94.5 min, 97°.4 |
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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