Key statistics
Satellite BILSAT 1 at a glance.
Uptime
7954
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: 98.182 minutes
Inclination: 98.3606 deg
SMA: 7049.891 km
Apoapsis: 679.404 km
Periapsis: 664.109 km
RAAN: 345.1445 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010848
Argument of periapsis: 2.417 deg
Mean anomaly: 357.7084 deg
Mean motion: 14.66658894 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000299 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00006297 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 10:18 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 BILSAT 1
TLE line 1: 1 27943U 03042E 25187.42969434 .00000299 00000-0 62970-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 27943 98.3606 345.1445 0010848 2.4170 357.7084 14.66658894163438
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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