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Satellite · NORAD 23439 · COSPAR 1994-085A

RADIO ROSTO (RS15)

ActivePayloadOTHERUnknown derived
  • Operator Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
  • Constellation —
  • Country Russia

Altitude now

1,947.7km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

6.96km/s

Inclination

64.82°

Period

2.1 h

127.7 min

Perigee

1,889km

Apogee

2,156km

orbit agingOrbit updated 10 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 18:21 UTC (14.6 h old)· Metadata updated 10 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.

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Latitude
50.490° S
Longitude
2.312° E
Altitude
1947.7 km
Velocity
6.959 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 18:21 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Unknown
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Partially operational [P]
Radar cross-section
0.6 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • RADIO ROSTO (RS15)Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
26 Dec 1994
COSPAR launch id
1994-085
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

Objects from the same launch · 26

All objects from launch 1994-085 →

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → RUCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → CISCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → OTHERCelestrak11 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 4 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 16 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 ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 07:07 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

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
23439
COSPAR / international designator
1994-085A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWS09G5GTPVRR2KEN2B
Canonical slug
radio-rosto-rs15-23439

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