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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: 2026 Apr 9, 23:04 UTC
| LTDN |
Satellite |
Cat no |
Desig- nation |
Orbit Epoch |
Orbit |
| 00:33 | Resurs-P 5 (Resurs-P №5) | 62430 | 2024-250A | 2026 Apr 9 | 466 x 467 km, 93.9 min, 97°.3 | | 00:57 | Cosmos 2591 | 65267 | 2025-182A | 2026 Apr 9 | 278 x 291 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:57 | Cosmos 2592 | 65268 | 2025-182B | 2026 Apr 9 | 278 x 290 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:57 | Cosmos 2593 | 65269 | 2025-182C | 2026 Apr 9 | 279 x 290 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 00:57 | Cosmos 2594 | 65270 | 2025-182D | 2026 Apr 9 | 279 x 290 km, 90.2 min, 96°.6 | | 01:56 | Cosmos 2441 (Persona 14F137 № 1) | 33272 | 2008-037A | 2026 Apr 9 | 704 x 726 km, 99.1 min, 98°.3 | | 02:03 | Resurs-P 4 (Resurs-P №4) | 59371 | 2024-061A | 2026 Apr 9 | 466 x 467 km, 93.9 min, 97°.3 | | 02:47 | Meteor M2-4 | 59051 | 2024-039A | 2026 Apr 9 | 812 x 823 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 02:54 | Sterkh 2 (Sterkh № 12L) | 35866 | 2009-049B | 2026 Apr 9 | 809 x 815 km, 101.1 min, 98°.7 | | 02:56 | Ugatusat (RS-28) | 35869 | 2009-049E | 2026 Apr 9 | 811 x 818 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 02:58 | Tatyana 2 (RS-38) | 35868 | 2009-049D | 2026 Apr 9 | 808 x 815 km, 101.1 min, 98°.7 | | 02:58 | BLITS (Ball Lens In [The] Space) | 35871 | 2009-049G | 2026 Apr 9 | 815 x 821 km, 101.3 min, 98°.8 | | 02:59 | Meteor M-1 | 35865 | 2009-049A | 2026 Apr 9 | 813 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 03:01 | Ionosfera-M №3 | 64876 | 2025-155A | 2026 Apr 9 | 819 x 822 km, 101.3 min, 98°.6 | | 03:01 | Ionosfera-M №4 | 64877 | 2025-155B | 2026 Apr 9 | 819 x 822 km, 101.3 min, 98°.6 | | 06:00 | Obzor-R 1 (Obzor-R № 1) | 67234 | 2025-310A | 2026 Apr 7 | 642 x 644 km, 97.6 min, 98°.0 | | 06:07 | Cosmos 2517 (Geo-IK-2 № 12/Musson 2-2) | 41579 | 2016-034A | 2026 Apr 9 | 942 x 944 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | | 06:17 | Cosmos 2540 (Geo-IK-2 № 13/Musson 2-3) | 44517 | 2019-057A | 2026 Apr 9 | 932 x 954 km, 103.9 min, 99°.2 | | 06:57 | Cosmos 2512 (KYuA-1) | 41099 | 2015-071B | 2026 Apr 9 | 640 x 647 km, 97.6 min, 98°.1 | | 09:12 | Meteor M2-3 | 57166 | 2023-091A | 2026 Apr 9 | 809 x 815 km, 101.1 min, 98°.6 | | 09:23 | Zorki-2M 01 | 57177 | 2023-091M | 2026 Apr 9 | 497 x 515 km, 94.7 min, 97°.5 | | 09:25 | Okean-O (Okean-O №1) | 25860 | 1999-039A | 2026 Apr 9 | 627 x 629 km, 97.3 min, 97°.9 | | 12:27 | Cosmos 2572 | 58435 | 2023-182A | 2026 Apr 9 | 291 x 313 km, 90.6 min, 96°.7 | | 13:15 | Cosmos 2576 | 59773 | 2024-092A | 2026 Apr 9 | 497 x 514 km, 94.7 min, 97°.4 | | 13:23 | Rassvet-2 01 | 59779 | 2024-092G | 2026 Apr 9 | 777 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 13:23 | Rassvet-2 02 | 59780 | 2024-092H | 2026 Apr 9 | 776 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 13:23 | Rassvet-2 03 | 59781 | 2024-092J | 2026 Apr 9 | 776 x 795 km, 100.6 min, 98°.7 | | 18:29 | Condor-FKA №1 | 56756 | 2023-074A | 2026 Apr 9 | 506 x 508 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4 | | 19:04 | Condor-FKA №2 | 62138 | 2024-223A | 2026 Apr 5 | 505 x 508 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4 | | 20:44 | Druzhba ATURK | 61781 | 2024-199AY | 2026 Apr 9 | 452 x 471 km, 93.8 min, 97°.3 | | 20:46 | Vladivostok 1 | 61751 | 2024-199S | 2026 Apr 9 | 452 x 466 km, 93.8 min, 97°.3 | | 20:46 | Altair | 61779 | 2024-199AW | 2026 Apr 9 | 450 x 468 km, 93.8 min, 97°.3 | | 21:02 | Ionosfera-M №1 | 61735 | 2024-199A | 2026 Apr 9 | 815 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 21:02 | Ionosfera-M №2 | 61736 | 2024-199B | 2026 Apr 9 | 815 x 817 km, 101.2 min, 98°.7 | | 23:08 | Khayyam | 53370 | 2022-096A | 2026 Apr 9 | 490 x 491 km, 94.4 min, 97°.3 | | 23:14 | Canopus-Vulcan 2 (Canopus-Vulcan IK) | 42825 | 2017-042A | 2026 Apr 9 | 497 x 499 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | | 23:14 | Canopus-Vulcan 3 | 43180 | 2018-014A | 2026 Apr 9 | 497 x 499 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | | 23:14 | Canopus-Vulcan 5 | 43876 | 2018-111A | 2026 Apr 8 | 497 x 499 km, 94.6 min, 97°.4 | | 23:15 | Canopus-Vulcan 4 | 43181 | 2018-014B | 2026 Apr 8 | 497 x 499 km, 94.6 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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