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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 Jul 21, 07:58 UTC
| LTDN |
Satellite |
Cat no |
Desig- nation |
Orbit Epoch |
Orbit |
| 00:00 | Cosmos 2615 | 68826 | 2026-090A | 2026 Jul 20 | 312 x 320 km, 90.8 min, 96°.6 | | 00:00 | Cosmos 2617 | 68828 | 2026-090C | 2026 Jul 20 | 309 x 324 km, 90.9 min, 96°.6 | | 00:00 | Cosmos 2618 | 68829 | 2026-090D | 2026 Jul 20 | 310 x 324 km, 90.9 min, 96°.6 | | 00:31 | Resurs-P 5 (Resurs-P №5) | 62430 | 2024-250A | 2026 Jul 20 | 467 x 471 km, 94.0 min, 97°.3 | | 00:54 | Cosmos 2591 | 65267 | 2025-182A | 2026 Jul 20 | 280 x 289 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:54 | Cosmos 2592 | 65268 | 2025-182B | 2026 Jul 20 | 281 x 288 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:54 | Cosmos 2593 | 65269 | 2025-182C | 2026 Jul 20 | 281 x 288 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:54 | Cosmos 2594 | 65270 | 2025-182D | 2026 Jul 20 | 281 x 288 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 01:59 | Cosmos 2441 (Persona 14F137 № 1) | 33272 | 2008-037A | 2026 Jul 20 | 704 x 726 km, 99.1 min, 98°.3 | | 02:02 | Resurs-P 4 (Resurs-P №4) | 59371 | 2024-061A | 2026 Jul 20 | 467 x 471 km, 94.0 min, 97°.3 | | 02:48 | Meteor M2-4 | 59051 | 2024-039A | 2026 Jul 20 | 811 x 823 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 02:56 | Sterkh 2 (Sterkh № 12L) | 35866 | 2009-049B | 2026 Jul 20 | 810 x 814 km, 101.1 min, 98°.7 | | 02:56 | Ionosfera-M №4 | 64877 | 2025-155B | 2026 Jul 20 | 819 x 822 km, 101.3 min, 98°.6 | | 02:57 | Ionosfera-M №3 | 64876 | 2025-155A | 2026 Jul 20 | 819 x 822 km, 101.3 min, 98°.6 | | 02:59 | Ugatusat (RS-28) | 35869 | 2009-049E | 2026 Jul 20 | 812 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 03:00 | Tatyana 2 (RS-38) | 35868 | 2009-049D | 2026 Jul 20 | 808 x 814 km, 101.1 min, 98°.7 | | 03:01 | Meteor M-1 | 35865 | 2009-049A | 2026 Jul 20 | 813 x 816 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 03:01 | BLITS (Ball Lens In [The] Space) | 35871 | 2009-049G | 2026 Jul 20 | 816 x 820 km, 101.3 min, 98°.8 | | 06:00 | Obzor-R 1 (Obzor-R № 1) | 67234 | 2025-310A | 2026 Jul 19 | 641 x 643 km, 97.6 min, 98°.0 | | 06:05 | Cosmos 2517 (Geo-IK-2 № 12/Musson 2-2) | 41579 | 2016-034A | 2026 Jul 21 | 942 x 944 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | | 06:16 | Cosmos 2540 (Geo-IK-2 № 13/Musson 2-3) | 44517 | 2019-057A | 2026 Jul 20 | 931 x 955 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | | 07:02 | Cosmos 2512 (KYuA-1) | 41099 | 2015-071B | 2026 Jul 20 | 639 x 645 km, 97.6 min, 98°.1 | | 09:10 | Meteor M2-3 | 57166 | 2023-091A | 2026 Jul 20 | 808 x 815 km, 101.1 min, 98°.6 | | 09:26 | Okean-O (Okean-O №1) | 25860 | 1999-039A | 2026 Jul 20 | 627 x 628 km, 97.3 min, 97°.9 | | 09:28 | Zorki-2M 01 | 57177 | 2023-091M | 2026 Jul 20 | 493 x 511 km, 94.7 min, 97°.5 | | 10:20 | Cosmos 2600 | 67674 | 2026-023A | 2026 Jul 20 | 316 x 329 km, 91.0 min, 96°.8 | | 12:27 | Cosmos 2572 | 58435 | 2023-182A | 2026 Jul 19 | 293 x 311 km, 90.6 min, 96°.7 | | 13:14 | Cosmos 2576 | 59773 | 2024-092A | 2026 Jul 20 | 497 x 512 km, 94.7 min, 97°.4 | | 13:28 | Rassvet-2 01 | 59779 | 2024-092G | 2026 Jul 20 | 776 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 13:28 | Rassvet-2 02 | 59780 | 2024-092H | 2026 Jul 20 | 776 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 13:28 | Rassvet-2 03 | 59781 | 2024-092J | 2026 Jul 20 | 776 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 18:29 | Condor-FKA №1 | 56756 | 2023-074A | 2026 Jul 20 | 506 x 508 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4 | | 19:04 | Condor-FKA №2 | 62138 | 2024-223A | 2026 Jul 20 | 505 x 508 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4 | | 20:46 | Druzhba ATURK | 61781 | 2024-199AY | 2026 Jul 20 | 448 x 467 km, 93.7 min, 97°.3 | | 20:49 | Vladivostok 1 | 61751 | 2024-199S | 2026 Jul 20 | 447 x 461 km, 93.7 min, 97°.3 | | 20:49 | Altair | 61779 | 2024-199AW | 2026 Jul 20 | 445 x 462 km, 93.7 min, 97°.3 | | 21:03 | Ionosfera-M №2 | 61736 | 2024-199B | 2026 Jul 20 | 816 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 21:04 | Ionosfera-M №1 | 61735 | 2024-199A | 2026 Jul 20 | 815 x 818 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 23:07 | Khayyam | 53370 | 2022-096A | 2026 Jul 20 | 487 x 488 km, 94.4 min, 97°.3 | | 23:12 | Canopus-Vulcan 2 (Canopus-Vulcan IK) | 42825 | 2017-042A | 2026 Jul 19 | 496 x 498 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | | 23:12 | Canopus-Vulcan 3 | 43180 | 2018-014A | 2026 Jul 19 | 496 x 498 km, 94.5 min, 97°.4 | | 23:12 | Canopus-Vulcan 4 | 43181 | 2018-014B | 2026 Jul 20 | 495 x 498 km, 94.5 min, 97°.4 | | 23:12 | Canopus-Vulcan 5 | 43876 | 2018-111A | 2026 Jul 20 | 496 x 498 km, 94.5 min, 97°.4 | | 23:59 | Cosmos 2616 | 68827 | 2026-090B | 2026 Jul 20 | 311 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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