START 1

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite START 1 at a glance.

Uptime

11951

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.2

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

75.8

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for START 1.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: START 1

International designator: 1993-014A

Object number (NORAD): 22561

Object ID (CCSDS): 22561

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.228 minutes

Inclination: 75.7619 deg

SMA: 7194.919 km

Apoapsis: 956.055 km

Periapsis: 677.514 km

RAAN: 316.9813 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01935677

Argument of periapsis: 242.962 deg

Mean anomaly: 115.1664 deg

Mean motion: 14.22537939 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000235 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.000093074451 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:37 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 START 1

TLE line 1: 1 22561U 93014A 25346.27600876 .00000235 00000-0 93074-4 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 22561 75.7619 316.9813 0193568 242.9620 115.1664 14.22537939697282

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite START 1.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object START 1.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
CZ-4 DEB	SSO	2025-09-28 05:26:57	0.0002372213	477.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2025-07-20 20:51:40	0.0001256659	182.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-16 DEB	LEO	2025-06-09 18:27:48	0.000342058	42.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-05-23 01:48:22	0.000253596	535.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2025-03-15 06:10:13	0.0001970093	134.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

EKA 1 and 2 were vehicle evaluation payloads on the maiden flights of the Start-1 and Start launch vehicles.

START 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Start-1 | EKA-1’, on board a Start-1 space rocket.

The launch took place on March 25, 1993, 1:15 p.m. from 158.

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Start-1 | EKA-1

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: March 25, 1993, 1:15 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Start-1

Launch pad: 158

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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