Key statistics
Satellite RADUGA 20 at a glance.
Uptime
14111
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
13.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for RADUGA 20.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: RADUGA 20
International designator: 1987-028A
Object number (NORAD): 17611
Object ID (CCSDS): 17611
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1500.62 minutes
Inclination: 13.6127 deg
SMA: 43418.41 km
Apoapsis: 37160.358 km
Periapsis: 36920.193 km
RAAN: 329.9015 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0027657
Argument of periapsis: 172.6998 deg
Mean anomaly: 180.5281 deg
Mean motion: 0.95960363 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000068 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 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, 1:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 RADUGA 20
TLE line 1: 1 17611U 87028A 25308.55173373 -.00000068 00000-0 00000+0 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 17611 13.6127 329.9015 0027657 172.6998 180.5281 0.95960363136158
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite RADUGA 20.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes
RADUGA 20 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM | Raduga 20’, on board a Proton-K/DM space rocket.
The launch took place on March 19, 1987, 3:54 a.m. from 200/40.
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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 20
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 19, 1987, 3:54 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/DM
Launch pad: 200/40
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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