GORIZONT 20

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite GORIZONT 20 at a glance.

Uptime

12860

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 1.0

Per day

Orbit

OTHER

Other

Inclination

13.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for GORIZONT 20.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: GORIZONT 20

International designator: 1990-054A

Object number (NORAD): 20659

Object ID (CCSDS): 20659

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 1436.474 minutes

Inclination: 12.9623 deg

SMA: 42172.118 km

Apoapsis: 35823.89 km

Periapsis: 35764.076 km

RAAN: 338.0792 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00070916

Argument of periapsis: 225.2744 deg

Mean anomaly: 130.9532 deg

Mean motion: 1.00245444 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000062 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 7:42 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 GORIZONT 20

TLE line 1: 1 20659U 90054A 25245.82084551 .00000062 00000-0 00000-0 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 20659 12.9623 338.0792 0007092 225.2744 130.9532 1.00245444128809

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite GORIZONT 20.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object GORIZONT 20.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
COSMOS 1700	OTHER	2025-08-30 11:02:23	TBA	2377.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
ELEKTRO (GOMS)	OTHER	2025-05-29 06:09:05	TBA	2217.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
SL-12 R/B(2)	OTHER	2024-09-09 21:17:05	TBA	3589.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
COSMOS 1700	OTHER	2024-08-14 22:02:22	TBA	4348.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

Geostationary communications satellite

GORIZONT 20 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 20’, on board a Proton-K/DM space rocket.

The launch took place on June 20, 1990, 11:36 p.m. from 200/40.

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Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 20

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 20, 1990, 11:36 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Proton-K/DM

Launch pad: 200/40

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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