Key statistics
Satellite TOPSAT at a glance.
Uptime
7193
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TOPSAT.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TOPSAT
International designator: 2005-043B
Object number (NORAD): 28891
Object ID (CCSDS): 28891
Country: UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.358 minutes
Inclination: 98.2605 deg
SMA: 7058.299 km
Apoapsis: 690.484 km
Periapsis: 669.844 km
RAAN: 318.9798 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0014621
Argument of periapsis: 287.1064 deg
Mean anomaly: 72.8537 deg
Mean motion: 14.64039015 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000318 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000069948 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TOPSAT
TLE line 1: 1 28891U 05043B 25187.87508850 .00000318 00000-0 69948-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 28891 98.2605 318.9798 0014621 287.1064 72.8537 14.64039015 50131
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TOPSAT.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Civilian surveillance satellite.
TOPSAT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 27, 2005, 6:52 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 27, 2005, 6:52 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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