Key statistics
Satellite BILSAT 1 at a glance.
Uptime
8059
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for BILSAT 1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: BILSAT 1
International designator: 2003-042E
Object number (NORAD): 27943
Object ID (CCSDS): 27943
Country: TURKEY (TURK)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.174 minutes
Inclination: 98.3745 deg
SMA: 7049.479 km
Apoapsis: 679.406 km
Periapsis: 663.283 km
RAAN: 92.7827 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00114359
Argument of periapsis: 30.0038 deg
Mean anomaly: 330.1818 deg
Mean motion: 14.66787513 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000881 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001670318 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 11:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 BILSAT 1
TLE line 1: 1 27943U 03042E 25292.96648217 .00000881 00000-0 16703-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 27943 98.3745 92.7827 0011436 30.0038 330.1818 14.66787513178904
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite BILSAT 1.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object BILSAT 1.
Associated space launch
Mozhayets 4 (RS 22) was also a training satellite built by the Mozhaisky military academy. It also tested components to be used in upgraded GLONASS satellites.
BILSAT 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 27, 2003, 6:11 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 27, 2003, 6:11 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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