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Geosynchronous Satellites - Soviet/Russian

This a list of Russian satellites and fomer USSR satellites in geosynchronous orbit. It shows them in order of longitude around the Earth's equator.

This page is a snapshot and is updated frequently. The more inclined or eccentric the orbit, the larger the error margin of the geosynchronous location. Even the worst case should, however, be within ±3 degrees of reality. Only satellites exhibiting less than 0.25° per day of drift are included.

Appearance in this list does not mean that the satellite is operational or under control at its location. Some older, non-working, satellites have drifted to 'wells' in the Earth's gravitational field and oscillate around that location giving the appearance of an intentionally geosynchronous orbit. This includes a number of spent rocket bodies.

Updated: 2025 May 19, 04:47 UTC

Longi-
tude (°)
Satellite Cat
no
Desig- nation Orbit
Epoch
Orbit
16.7 WEkran (Ekran № 19L)118901980-060A2020 May 2935739 x 35831 km, 1436.0 min, 10°.7

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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