Key statistics
Satellite KOMPASS at a glance.
Uptime
8673
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for KOMPASS.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: KOMPASS
International designator: 2001-056B
Object number (NORAD): 27002
Object ID (CCSDS): 27002
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.064 minutes
Inclination: 99.7738 deg
SMA: 7375.559 km
Apoapsis: 1012.164 km
Periapsis: 982.683 km
RAAN: 55.8606 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00199856
Argument of periapsis: 136.4992 deg
Mean anomaly: 340.556 deg
Mean motion: 13.70598817 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000018 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000072583962 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 KOMPASS
TLE line 1: 1 27002U 01056B 25250.94599975 .00000018 00000-0 72584-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 27002 99.7738 55.8606 0019986 136.4992 340.5560 13.70598817187573
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite KOMPASS.
Associated space launch
Meteor-3M No.1 is the first and so far only of the Meteor-3M series polar-orbit weather satellites.
KOMPASS was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Zenit-2 | Meteor-3M No. 1’, on board a Zenit-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 10, 2001, 5:18 p.m. from 45/1.
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Zenit-2 | Meteor-3M No. 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 10, 2001, 5:18 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Zenit-2
Launch pad: 45/1
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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