Key statistics
Satellite RADUGA 1-6 at a glance.
Uptime
8795
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
14.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for RADUGA 1-6.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: RADUGA 1-6
International designator: 2001-045A
Object number (NORAD): 26936
Object ID (CCSDS): 26936
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1473.233 minutes
Inclination: 14.386 deg
SMA: 42888.527 km
Apoapsis: 36596.577 km
Periapsis: 36424.208 km
RAAN: 16.3193 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020095
Argument of periapsis: 205.5714 deg
Mean anomaly: 162.9255 deg
Mean motion: 0.97744214 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000065 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 2, 2025, 5:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 1, 2025, 7:59 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 RADUGA 1-6
TLE line 1: 1 26936U 01045A 25305.83313297 -.00000065 00000-0 00000-0 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 26936 14.3860 16.3193 0020095 205.5714 162.9255 0.97744214 86386
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite RADUGA 1-6.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military geostationary communications satellite
RADUGA 1-6 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton | Raduga-1 6’, on board a Proton space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 6, 2001, 4:45 p.m. from 81/24 (81P).
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Proton | Raduga-1 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 6, 2001, 4:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton
Launch pad: 81/24 (81P)
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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