Key statistics
Satellite GONETS M 03 at a glance.
Uptime
4893
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for GONETS M 03.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GONETS M 03
International designator: 2012-041B
Object number (NORAD): 38734
Object ID (CCSDS): 38734
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.672 minutes
Inclination: 82.4731 deg
SMA: 7864.058 km
Apoapsis: 1499.352 km
Periapsis: 1472.493 km
RAAN: 177.6794 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00170771
Argument of periapsis: 96.3304 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.9722 deg
Mean motion: 12.44895028 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000029 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013440975 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 11:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GONETS M 03
TLE line 1: 1 38734U 12041B 25352.96741071 .00000029 00000-0 13441-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 38734 82.4731 177.6794 0017077 96.3304 263.9722 12.44895028608244
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Real-time ground track for satellite GONETS M 03.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.
GONETS M 03 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-13, Gonets M-15, Strela-3M (Kosmos-2481) & Yubileyniy 2 (MiR)’, on board a Rokot/Briz-KM space rocket.
The launch took place on July 28, 2012, 1:35 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-13, Gonets M-15, Strela-3M (Kosmos-2481) & Yubileyniy 2 (MiR)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 28, 2012, 1:35 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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