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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 Nov 5, 23:03 UTC
| LTDN |
Satellite |
Cat no |
Desig- nation |
Orbit Epoch |
Orbit |
| 00:31 | Resurs-P 5 (Resurs-P №5) | 62430 | 2024-250A | 2026 Nov 4 | 466 x 470 km, 93.9 min, 97°.3 | | 00:43 | Cosmos 2567 (Bars-M №4) | 55978 | 2023-040A | 2026 Nov 4 | 488 x 490 km, 94.4 min, 97°.3 | | 00:51 | Cosmos 2591 | 65267 | 2025-182A | 2026 Nov 4 | 282 x 286 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:51 | Cosmos 2592 | 65268 | 2025-182B | 2026 Nov 4 | 282 x 286 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:51 | Cosmos 2593 | 65269 | 2025-182C | 2026 Nov 4 | 284 x 285 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:51 | Cosmos 2594 | 65270 | 2025-182D | 2026 Nov 4 | 282 x 286 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 02:01 | Resurs-P 4 (Resurs-P №4) | 59371 | 2024-061A | 2026 Nov 4 | 469 x 472 km, 94.0 min, 97°.3 | | 02:03 | Cosmos 2441 (Persona 14F137 № 1) | 33272 | 2008-037A | 2026 Nov 4 | 704 x 725 km, 99.1 min, 98°.3 | | 02:27 | Cosmos 2573 (Bars-M №5) | 58614 | 2023-201A | 2026 Nov 4 | 489 x 492 km, 94.4 min, 97°.3 | | 02:49 | Meteor M2-4 | 59051 | 2024-039A | 2026 Nov 4 | 811 x 823 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 02:52 | Ionosfera-M №4 | 64877 | 2025-155B | 2026 Nov 4 | 819 x 821 km, 101.3 min, 98°.6 | | 02:53 | Ionosfera-M №3 | 64876 | 2025-155A | 2026 Nov 4 | 819 x 822 km, 101.3 min, 98°.6 | | 02:59 | Sterkh 2 (Sterkh № 12L) | 35866 | 2009-049B | 2026 Nov 4 | 810 x 813 km, 101.1 min, 98°.7 | | 03:03 | Tatyana 2 (RS-38) | 35868 | 2009-049D | 2026 Nov 4 | 809 x 813 km, 101.1 min, 98°.7 | | 03:03 | Ugatusat (RS-28) | 35869 | 2009-049E | 2026 Nov 4 | 812 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.8 | | 03:05 | Meteor M-1 | 35865 | 2009-049A | 2026 Nov 4 | 814 x 815 km, 101.2 min, 98°.8 | | 03:06 | BLITS (Ball Lens In [The] Space) | 35871 | 2009-049G | 2026 Nov 4 | 816 x 820 km, 101.3 min, 98°.8 | | 03:52 | Relek (ICA-FC1) | 40070 | 2014-037B | 2026 Nov 4 | 615 x 799 km, 98.9 min, 98°.1 | | 06:00 | Obzor-R 1 (Obzor-R № 1) | 67234 | 2025-310A | 2026 Nov 4 | 641 x 643 km, 97.6 min, 98°.0 | | 06:03 | Cosmos 2517 (Geo-IK-2 № 12/Musson 2-2) | 41579 | 2016-034A | 2026 Nov 4 | 942 x 944 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | | 06:15 | Cosmos 2540 (Geo-IK-2 № 13/Musson 2-3) | 44517 | 2019-057A | 2026 Nov 4 | 931 x 955 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | | 07:07 | Cosmos 2512 (KYuA-1) | 41099 | 2015-071B | 2026 Nov 4 | 638 x 644 km, 97.5 min, 98°.1 | | 09:06 | Meteor M2-3 | 57166 | 2023-091A | 2026 Nov 4 | 808 x 815 km, 101.1 min, 98°.6 | | 09:27 | Okean-O (Okean-O №1) | 25860 | 1999-039A | 2026 Nov 4 | 627 x 628 km, 97.3 min, 97°.9 | | 09:33 | Zorki-2M 01 | 57177 | 2023-091M | 2026 Nov 4 | 490 x 507 km, 94.6 min, 97°.5 | | 10:20 | Cosmos 2600 | 67674 | 2026-023A | 2026 Nov 4 | 317 x 328 km, 91.0 min, 96°.8 | | 13:15 | Cosmos 2576 | 59773 | 2024-092A | 2026 Nov 2 | 505 x 510 km, 94.8 min, 97°.5 | | 13:35 | Rassvet-2 01 | 59779 | 2024-092G | 2026 Nov 4 | 776 x 794 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 13:35 | Rassvet-2 02 | 59780 | 2024-092H | 2026 Nov 4 | 776 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 13:35 | Rassvet-2 03 | 59781 | 2024-092J | 2026 Nov 4 | 776 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 18:29 | Condor-FKA №1 | 56756 | 2023-074A | 2026 Nov 4 | 505 x 508 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4 | | 19:04 | Condor-FKA №2 | 62138 | 2024-223A | 2026 Nov 4 | 505 x 508 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4 | | 20:48 | Druzhba ATURK | 61781 | 2024-199AY | 2026 Nov 4 | 444 x 463 km, 93.7 min, 97°.3 | | 20:52 | Vladivostok 1 | 61751 | 2024-199S | 2026 Nov 4 | 442 x 456 km, 93.6 min, 97°.3 | | 20:52 | Altair | 61779 | 2024-199AW | 2026 Nov 4 | 439 x 456 km, 93.5 min, 97°.3 | | 21:04 | Ionosfera-M №2 | 61736 | 2024-199B | 2026 Nov 4 | 816 x 816 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 21:05 | Ionosfera-M №1 | 61735 | 2024-199A | 2026 Nov 4 | 814 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 22:02 | Cosmos 2578 | 61180 | 2024-166B | 2026 Nov 4 | 336 x 342 km, 91.3 min, 96°.7 | | 23:04 | Khayyam | 53370 | 2022-096A | 2026 Nov 4 | 491 x 493 km, 94.5 min, 97°.3 | | 23:08 | Canopus-Vulcan 2 (Canopus-Vulcan IK) | 42825 | 2017-042A | 2026 Nov 4 | 497 x 499 km, 94.6 min, 97°.3 | | 23:08 | Canopus-Vulcan 3 | 43180 | 2018-014A | 2026 Nov 4 | 497 x 499 km, 94.6 min, 97°.3 | | 23:08 | Canopus-Vulcan 5 | 43876 | 2018-111A | 2026 Nov 4 | 497 x 499 km, 94.6 min, 97°.3 | | 23:09 | Canopus-Vulcan 4 | 43181 | 2018-014B | 2026 Nov 4 | 497 x 499 km, 94.6 min, 97°.3 | | 23:54 | Cosmos 2616 | 68827 | 2026-090B | 2026 Nov 4 | 293 x 306 km, 90.5 min, 96°.6 | | 23:54 | Cosmos 2617 | 68828 | 2026-090C | 2026 Nov 4 | 293 x 307 km, 90.5 min, 96°.6 | | 23:54 | Cosmos 2618 | 68829 | 2026-090D | 2026 Nov 4 | 293 x 306 km, 90.5 min, 96°.6 | | 23:55 | Cosmos 2615 | 68826 | 2026-090A | 2026 Nov 4 | 295 x 304 km, 90.5 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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