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Satellite · NORAD 40554 · COSPAR 2015-020C

GONETS-M 13

ActivePayloadLEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

1,521.1km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.10km/s

Inclination

82.49°

Period

115.9 min

115.9 min

Perigee

1,483km

Apogee

1,506km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 15:38 UTC (5.6 h old)· Metadata updated 8 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of GONETS-M 13GONETS-M 13
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
39.789° S
Longitude
21.302° E
Altitude
1521.1 km
Velocity
7.099 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 15:38 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
1.6 m²
Constellation membership derived
Gonets via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • GONETS-M 13Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

SATCAT owner code
CIS · Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
Country
Russia RU

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
31 Mar 2015
COSPAR launch id
2015-020

Objects from the same launch · 10

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner CodeCISCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassLEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources
  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 6 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Timeline

Events

All events

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
40554
COSPAR / international designator
2015-020C
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWX4DFCTBNEK87EKHAW
Canonical slug
gonets-m-13-40554

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.