Key statistics
Satellite RADUGA 3 at a glance.
Uptime
17680
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
4.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for RADUGA 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: RADUGA 3
International designator: 1977-071A
Object number (NORAD): 10159
Object ID (CCSDS): 10159
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1436.057 minutes
Inclination: 4.5835 deg
SMA: 42163.944 km
Apoapsis: 35827.262 km
Periapsis: 35744.355 km
RAAN: 276.0141 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00098314
Argument of periapsis: 302.4271 deg
Mean anomaly: 104.8122 deg
Mean motion: 1.00274598 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000185 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 17, 2025, 7:48 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 17, 2025, 1:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 RADUGA 3
TLE line 1: 1 10159U 77071A 25351.56205564 .00000185 00000-0 00000-0 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 10159 4.5835 276.0141 0009831 302.4271 104.8122 1.00274598175225
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite RADUGA 3.
Associated space launch
Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes
RADUGA 3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM | Raduga 3’, on board a Proton-K/DM space rocket.
The launch took place on July 23, 1977, 9:15 p.m. from 200/40.
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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 23, 1977, 9:15 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/DM
Launch pad: 200/40
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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