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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: 2025 Feb 18, 04:47 UTC
LTDN |
Satellite |
Cat no |
Desig- nation |
Orbit Epoch |
Orbit |
00:38 | Resurs-P 5 (Resurs-P №5) | 62430 | 2024-250A | 2025 Feb 17 | 468 x 469 km, 94.0 min, 97°.3 | 01:49 | Cosmos 2441 (Persona 14F137 № 1) | 33272 | 2008-037A | 2025 Feb 17 | 704 x 728 km, 99.1 min, 98°.3 | 02:15 | Resurs-P 4 (Resurs-P №4) | 59371 | 2024-061A | 2025 Feb 17 | 467 x 469 km, 94.0 min, 97°.2 | 02:51 | BLITS (Ball Lens In [The] Space) | 35871 | 2009-049G | 2025 Feb 17 | 817 x 820 km, 101.3 min, 98°.7 | 02:52 | Sterkh 2 (Sterkh № 12L) | 35866 | 2009-049B | 2025 Feb 17 | 811 x 814 km, 101.1 min, 98°.6 | 02:52 | Ugatusat (RS-28) | 35869 | 2009-049E | 2025 Feb 17 | 813 x 818 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | 02:52 | Meteor M2-4 | 59051 | 2024-039A | 2025 Feb 17 | 812 x 823 km, 101.2 min, 98°.6 | 02:54 | Meteor M-1 | 35865 | 2009-049A | 2025 Feb 17 | 815 x 816 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | 02:55 | Tatyana 2 (RS-38) | 35868 | 2009-049D | 2025 Feb 17 | 810 x 814 km, 101.1 min, 98°.7 | 06:14 | Cosmos 2517 (Geo-IK-2 № 12/Musson 2-2) | 41579 | 2016-034A | 2025 Feb 17 | 942 x 944 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | 06:20 | Cosmos 2540 (Geo-IK-2 № 13/Musson 2-3) | 44517 | 2019-057A | 2025 Feb 17 | 932 x 954 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | 06:38 | Cosmos 2512 (KYuA-1) | 41099 | 2015-071B | 2025 Feb 17 | 650 x 660 km, 97.8 min, 98°.1 | 08:52 | Cosmos 2506 (Persona 14F137 №3) | 40699 | 2015-029A | 2025 Feb 17 | 708 x 717 km, 99.0 min, 98°.1 | 09:08 | Zorki-2M 01 | 57177 | 2023-091M | 2025 Feb 17 | 516 x 538 km, 95.2 min, 97°.6 | 09:13 | Okean-O (Okean-O №1) | 25860 | 1999-039A | 2025 Feb 17 | 630 x 632 km, 97.3 min, 98°.0 | 09:15 | Meteor M2-3 | 57166 | 2023-091A | 2025 Feb 17 | 808 x 815 km, 101.1 min, 98°.7 | 11:58 | Cosmos 2558 | 53323 | 2022-089A | 2025 Feb 17 | 461 x 469 km, 93.9 min, 97°.2 | 12:30 | Cosmos 2572 | 58435 | 2023-182A | 2025 Feb 17 | 290 x 315 km, 90.6 min, 96°.7 | 13:03 | Cosmos 2576 | 59773 | 2024-092A | 2025 Feb 17 | 484 x 494 km, 94.4 min, 97°.4 | 13:07 | Rassvet-2 01 | 59779 | 2024-092G | 2025 Feb 17 | 778 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.6 | 13:07 | Rassvet-2 02 | 59780 | 2024-092H | 2025 Feb 17 | 778 x 796 km, 100.6 min, 98°.6 | 13:07 | Rassvet-2 03 | 59781 | 2024-092J | 2025 Feb 17 | 778 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.6 | 18:29 | Condor-FKA №1 | 56756 | 2023-074A | 2025 Feb 17 | 505 x 508 km, 94.7 min, 97°.4 | 19:05 | Condor-FKA №2 | 62138 | 2024-223A | 2025 Feb 17 | 501 x 504 km, 94.7 min, 97°.4 | 20:40 | Vladivostok 1 | 61751 | 2024-199S | 2025 Feb 17 | 478 x 494 km, 94.3 min, 97°.4 | 20:40 | Altair | 61779 | 2024-199AW | 2025 Feb 17 | 477 x 498 km, 94.4 min, 97°.4 | 20:40 | Druzhba ATURK | 61781 | 2024-199AY | 2025 Feb 17 | 478 x 499 km, 94.4 min, 97°.4 | 20:41 | Khors 3 | 61753 | 2024-199U | 2025 Feb 17 | 473 x 487 km, 94.2 min, 97°.4 | 20:41 | Khors 4 | 61754 | 2024-199V | 2025 Feb 17 | 471 x 486 km, 94.2 min, 97°.4 | 20:48 | Ionosfera-M №2 | 61736 | 2024-199B | 2025 Feb 17 | 816 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.8 | 20:49 | Ionosfera-M №1 | 61735 | 2024-199A | 2025 Feb 17 | 815 x 818 km, 101.2 min, 98°.8 | 22:36 | Cosmos 2574 | 58658 | 2023-209A | 2025 Feb 17 | 325 x 331 km, 91.1 min, 96°.7 | 22:36 | Cosmos 2575 | 58929 | 2024-026A | 2025 Feb 17 | 317 x 322 km, 90.9 min, 96°.7 | 22:44 | Cosmos 2578 | 61180 | 2024-166B | 2025 Feb 17 | 290 x 300 km, 90.4 min, 96°.7 | 23:13 | Khayyam | 53370 | 2022-096A | 2025 Feb 17 | 490 x 492 km, 94.4 min, 97°.4 | 23:21 | Canopus-Vulcan 2 (Canopus-Vulcan IK) | 42825 | 2017-042A | 2025 Feb 17 | 498 x 501 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | 23:21 | Canopus-Vulcan 3 | 43180 | 2018-014A | 2025 Feb 17 | 498 x 501 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | 23:21 | Canopus-Vulcan 4 | 43181 | 2018-014B | 2025 Feb 17 | 498 x 501 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | 23:21 | Canopus-Vulcan 5 | 43876 | 2018-111A | 2025 Feb 17 | 498 x 501 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | 23:31 | Canopus-Vulcan 6 | 43877 | 2018-111B | 2025 Feb 17 | 474 x 476 km, 94.1 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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