Key statistics
Satellite RADIO 4 at a glance.
Uptime
16029
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: 82.9634 deg
SMA: 8028.182 km
Apoapsis: 1664.091 km
Periapsis: 1636.002 km
RAAN: 182.8385 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0017494
Argument of periapsis: 276.4696 deg
Mean anomaly: 110.7236 deg
Mean motion: 12.06915835 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000153 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0016321 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 4, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 4, 2025, 2:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 RADIO 4
TLE line 1: 1 13000U 81120D 25308.62197823 .00000153 00000-0 16321-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 13000 82.9634 182.8385 0017494 276.4696 110.7236 12.06915835933069
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite RADIO 4.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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