Key statistics
Satellite RADIO 6 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 6.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: RADIO 6
International designator: 1981-120F
Object number (NORAD): 13002
Object ID (CCSDS): 13002
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 118.632 minutes
Inclination: 82.9608 deg
SMA: 7997.621 km
Apoapsis: 1662.122 km
Periapsis: 1576.85 km
RAAN: 127.9761 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0053311
Argument of periapsis: 40.6384 deg
Mean anomaly: 112.41 deg
Mean motion: 12.13840189 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00020629 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, 7:08 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 RADIO 6
TLE line 1: 1 13002U 81120F 25192.29744896 .00000030 00000-0 20629-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 13002 82.9608 127.9761 0053311 40.6384 112.4100 12.13840189930101
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite RADIO 6.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
6 Soviet amateur radio satellites
RADIO 6 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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