Key statistics
Satellite RADUGA 5 at a glance.
Uptime
16936
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
6.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for RADUGA 5.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: RADUGA 5
International designator: 1979-035A
Object number (NORAD): 11343
Object ID (CCSDS): 11343
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 1436.068 minutes
Inclination: 6.01 deg
SMA: 42164.164 km
Apoapsis: 35806.189 km
Periapsis: 35765.868 km
RAAN: 285.5258 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00047814
Argument of periapsis: 224.3625 deg
Mean anomaly: 169.0396 deg
Mean motion: 1.00273813 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 5:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 RADUGA 5
TLE line 1: 1 11343U 79035A 25248.74838606 .00000004 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 11343 6.0100 285.5258 0004781 224.3625 169.0396 1.00273813126503
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite RADUGA 5.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object RADUGA 5.
Associated space launch
Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes
RADUGA 5 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM | Raduga 5’, on board a Proton-K/DM space rocket.
The launch took place on April 25, 1979, 3:44 a.m. from 200/40.
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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 5
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 25, 1979, 3:44 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/DM
Launch pad: 200/40
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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