Key statistics
Satellite RADUGA 10 at a glance.
Uptime
16041
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
7.4
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for RADUGA 10.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: RADUGA 10
International designator: 1981-102A
Object number (NORAD): 12897
Object ID (CCSDS): 12897
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1436.352 minutes
Inclination: 7.3677 deg
SMA: 42169.734 km
Apoapsis: 35810.011 km
Periapsis: 35773.186 km
RAAN: 297.1816 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00043664
Argument of periapsis: 241.4615 deg
Mean anomaly: 102.8245 deg
Mean motion: 1.00253946 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000029 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 RADUGA 10
TLE line 1: 1 12897U 81102A 25251.62633831 -.00000029 00000-0 00000-0 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 12897 7.3677 297.1816 0004366 241.4615 102.8245 1.00253946114519
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite RADUGA 10.
Associated space launch
Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes
RADUGA 10 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM | Raduga 10’, on board a Proton-K/DM space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 9, 1981, 4:59 p.m. from 200/39 (200L).
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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 10
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 9, 1981, 4:59 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/DM
Launch pad: 200/39 (200L)
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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