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GONETS M 18, 46487

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GONETS M 18, 46487 is a payload satellite owned by Gonets (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Mon, 28 Sep 2020 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1B launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

46487, 2020-068B

Orbit

LEO

Country

CIS

Related business

Gonets Leosat Systems (RU)

Manufacturer

Resehetnev ISS

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-3M, Unknown motor

Mass

225 kg wet, 225 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-09-28 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1B

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 1 Ant, 3.5 m

Radar Cross Section

1.798 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 GONETS M 18
1 46487U 20068B   26306.87078307  .00000147  00000-0  98834-3 0  9999
2 46487  82.4911 260.2803 0021064  88.4515 271.8977 12.42877298276377

Epoch: 2026-11-02T20:53Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-02T20:53:55.657Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-95.3432°

Altitude

1,496.615 km

Speed

7.116 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 21m 07s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

00:07:22

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,508.358 km

Perigee altitude

1,475.204 km

Semi-major axis

7,869.918 km

Eccentricity

0.00211

Inclination

82.4911°

RAAN

260.2803°

Arg. of periapsis

88.4515°

True anomaly

271.65644°

Mean anomaly

271.8977°

Eccentric anomaly

271.77707°

Mean motion

3.10876 °/min

Orbital period

115.8 mins

BSTAR

0.00098834

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Other satellites on launch #68 in the year 2020 (2020-09-28 UTC)

LEMUR-2-DAYWZAGOODDAY, 46501 (Decayed)

LACUNASAT-3, 46492 (Decayed)

MEZNSAT, 46489 (Decayed)

LEMUR-2-NICHOL, 46503 (Decayed)

KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES), 46499 (Decayed)

LEMUR-2-SUSURRUS, 46502 (Decayed)

LEMUR-2-SLICERS, 46500 (Decayed)

YARILO-2, 46491 (Decayed)

YARILO-1, 46490 (Decayed)

KEPLER-5 (AMIDALA), 46498 (Decayed)

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GONETS M 18 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
11 mins	2026-11-03 07:11:03.702Z	22.565° NE	2026-11-03 07:16:03.702Z	60.899° ENE	21.215°	2026-11-03 07:22:03.702Z	107.826° ESE
15 mins	2026-11-03 09:07:03.702Z	349.466° N	2026-11-03 09:14:03.702Z	287.567° WNW	79.476°	2026-11-03 09:22:03.702Z	180.52° SSW
6 mins	2026-11-03 11:07:03.702Z	303.18° NW	2026-11-03 11:10:03.702Z	281.067° WNW	14.106°	2026-11-03 11:13:03.702Z	259.772° W
11 mins	2026-11-03 20:13:03.702Z	121.948° SE	2026-11-03 20:18:03.702Z	80.1° E	24.397°	2026-11-03 20:24:03.702Z	33.842° NE
15 mins	2026-11-03 22:07:03.702Z	199.766° SSW	2026-11-03 22:14:03.702Z	284.783° WNW	68.303°	2026-11-03 22:22:03.702Z	2.456° NNE
5 mins	2026-11-04 00:11:03.702Z	290.916° WNW	2026-11-04 00:13:03.702Z	305.386° NW	12.609°	2026-11-04 00:16:03.702Z	326.127° NNW

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GONETS M 18, 46487

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-02T20:53:55.657Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #68 in the year 2020 (2020-09-28 UTC)

GONETS M 18 Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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