Key statistics
Satellite START 1 at a glance.
Uptime
11893
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: 101.23 minutes
Inclination: 75.7625 deg
SMA: 7195.013 km
Apoapsis: 955.794 km
Periapsis: 677.963 km
RAAN: 49.6609 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0193072
Argument of periapsis: 14.3943 deg
Mean anomaly: 346.2602 deg
Mean motion: 14.22510122 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000134 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000054926 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 12:06 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 15, 2025, 2:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 START 1
TLE line 1: 1 22561U 93014A 25288.60671897 .00000134 00000-0 54926-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 22561 75.7625 49.6609 0193072 14.3943 346.2602 14.22510122689084
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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