BILSAT 1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite BILSAT 1 at a glance.

Uptime

8113

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: 98.168 minutes

Inclination: 98.3764 deg

SMA: 7049.211 km

Apoapsis: 678.255 km

Periapsis: 663.897 km

RAAN: 147.2606 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00101847

Argument of periapsis: 211.7278 deg

Mean anomaly: 148.3313 deg

Mean motion: 14.66871267 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000811 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00015417564 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, 7:27 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 BILSAT 1

TLE line 1: 1 27943U 03042E 25346.31044932 .00000811 00000-0 15418-3 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 27943 98.3764 147.2606 0010185 211.7278 148.3313 14.66871267186728

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-11-16 01:38:16 0.0001198575 624.0 (m) DEBRIS
PEGASUS DEB LEO 2025-11-14 23:21:31 0.0001445431 132.0 (m) DEBRIS
YAOGAN 11 DEB SSO 2025-11-09 01:56:49 0.0001494784 556.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-4 DEB SSO 2025-10-04 04:38:40 0.001066895 317.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2025-06-13 09:16:06 0.0001854817 867.0 (m) DEBRIS

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).

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4
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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