RADIO 4

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite RADIO 4 at a glance.

Uptime

15914

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.1

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

83.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for RADIO 4.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: RADIO 4

International designator: 1981-120D

Object number (NORAD): 13000

Object ID (CCSDS): 13000

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 119.312 minutes

Inclination: 82.9588 deg

SMA: 8028.184 km

Apoapsis: 1665.511 km

Periapsis: 1634.587 km

RAAN: 246.1868 deg

Eccentricy: 0.001926

Argument of periapsis: 150.2268 deg

Mean anomaly: 220.5998 deg

Mean motion: 12.0691525 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000093 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.0011618 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 11, 2025, 6:37 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 11, 2025, 9:34 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 RADIO 4

TLE line 1: 1 13000U 81120D 25192.39921351 -.00000093 00000-0 -11618-2 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 13000 82.9588 246.1868 0019260 150.2268 220.5998 12.06915250919042

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Real-time ground track for satellite RADIO 4.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

6 Soviet amateur radio satellites

RADIO 4 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Radio Sputnik 3 to 8’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 17, 1981, 11 a.m. from 132/2.

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Radio Sputnik 3 to 8
Kosmos-3M | Radio Sputnik 3 to 8

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 17, 1981, 11 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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