Key statistics
Satellite REFLECTOR at a glance.
Uptime
8718
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: 105.004 minutes
Inclination: 99.7436 deg
SMA: 7372.764 km
Apoapsis: 1008.132 km
Periapsis: 981.127 km
RAAN: 97.6954 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00183135
Argument of periapsis: 6.2104 deg
Mean anomaly: 353.9266 deg
Mean motion: 13.71378149 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000124 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018900821 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 22, 2025, 11:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 REFLECTOR
TLE line 1: 1 27005U 01056E 25295.99549554 .00000124 00000-0 18901-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 27005 99.7436 97.6954 0018313 6.2104 353.9266 13.71378149194027
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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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