Key statistics
Satellite EKRAN 6 at a glance.
Uptime
16265
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
7.1
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for EKRAN 6.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: EKRAN 6
International designator: 1980-104A
Object number (NORAD): 12120
Object ID (CCSDS): 12120
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1436.539 minutes
Inclination: 7.0752 deg
SMA: 42173.386 km
Apoapsis: 35816.844 km
Periapsis: 35773.659 km
RAAN: 293.8116 deg
Eccentricy: 0.000512
Argument of periapsis: 82.1031 deg
Mean anomaly: 327.2777 deg
Mean motion: 1.00240921 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000229 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 4:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 9:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 EKRAN 6
TLE line 1: 1 12120U 80104A 25186.90488918 -.00000229 00000-0 00000-0 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 12120 7.0752 293.8116 0005120 82.1031 327.2777 1.00240921123945
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite EKRAN 6.
Associated space launch
Ekran was a Soviet series of geostationary satellites which were the first in the world to provide Direct-To-Home TV service.
EKRAN 6 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM | Ekran’, on board a Proton-K/DM space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 26, 1980, 11:49 a.m. from 200/40.
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Proton-K/DM | Ekran
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 26, 1980, 11:49 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/DM
Launch pad: 200/40
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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