Key statistics
Satellite REFLECTOR at a glance.
Uptime
8673
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for REFLECTOR.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: REFLECTOR
International designator: 2001-056E
Object number (NORAD): 27005
Object ID (CCSDS): 27005
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.005 minutes
Inclination: 99.7391 deg
SMA: 7372.822 km
Apoapsis: 1008.757 km
Periapsis: 980.617 km
RAAN: 52.0459 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00190834
Argument of periapsis: 118.9843 deg
Mean anomaly: 241.3219 deg
Mean motion: 13.71362139 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000086 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001468308 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, 11:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 REFLECTOR
TLE line 1: 1 27005U 01056E 25250.98057840 .00000086 00000-0 14683-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 27005 99.7391 52.0459 0019083 118.9843 241.3219 13.71362139187851
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite REFLECTOR.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Meteor-3M No.1 is the first and so far only of the Meteor-3M series polar-orbit weather satellites.
REFLECTOR 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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