RUBIN 2

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite RUBIN 2 at a glance.

Uptime

8394

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.8

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

64.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for RUBIN 2.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: RUBIN 2

International designator: 2002-058A

Object number (NORAD): 27605

Object ID (CCSDS): 27605

Country: GERMANY (GER)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.358 minutes

Inclination: 64.5542 deg

SMA: 7010.362 km

Apoapsis: 684.834 km

Periapsis: 579.62 km

RAAN: 345.3722 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00750416

Argument of periapsis: 298.0337 deg

Mean anomaly: 61.3191 deg

Mean motion: 14.79081548 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001726 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00024120066 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:38 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 RUBIN 2

TLE line 1: 1 27605U 02058A 25346.27680689 .00001726 00000-0 24120-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 27605 64.5542 345.3722 0075042 298.0337 61.3191 14.79081548236935

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite RUBIN 2.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object RUBIN 2.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-07-21 11:48:00 0.0002430297 461.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-06-17 18:12:48 0.0002530222 189.0 (m) DEBRIS
IRIDIUM 33 DEB LEO 2025-05-16 16:14:26 0.0008085514 145.0 (m) DEBRIS
THORAD AGENA D DEB LEO 2025-04-14 10:48:55 0.0009229105 80.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2024-11-04 06:28:23 0.0001508996 765.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Technology satellite for OHB-System, Germany.

RUBIN 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Dnepr | AATiS-OSCAR-49’, on board a Dnepr space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 20, 2002, 5 p.m. from 109/95.

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Launch to space Dnepr | AATiS-OSCAR-49
Dnepr | AATiS-OSCAR-49

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 20, 2002, 5 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Dnepr

Launch pad: 109/95

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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