Key statistics
Satellite START 1 at a glance.
Uptime
11845
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
75.8
Latest
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: 101.231 minutes
Inclination: 75.7614 deg
SMA: 7195.083 km
Apoapsis: 955.566 km
Periapsis: 678.331 km
RAAN: 126.405 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01926554
Argument of periapsis: 123.672 deg
Mean anomaly: 238.2975 deg
Mean motion: 14.22489323 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000192 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000075919109 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 8:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 START 1
TLE line 1: 1 22561U 93014A 25240.85283513 .00000192 00000-0 75919-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 22561 75.7614 126.4050 0192655 123.6720 238.2975 14.22489323682296
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.
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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