Key statistics
Satellite GONETS M 08 (M18) at a glance.
Uptime
4023
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 08 (M18).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GONETS M 08 (M18)
International designator: 2014-036A
Object number (NORAD): 40061
Object ID (CCSDS): 40061
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.851 minutes
Inclination: 82.5105 deg
SMA: 7872.172 km
Apoapsis: 1517.206 km
Periapsis: 1470.869 km
RAAN: 162.0678 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0029431
Argument of periapsis: 179.3712 deg
Mean anomaly: 180.741 deg
Mean motion: 12.42970616 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000031 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015097 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, 9:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GONETS M 08 (M18)
TLE line 1: 1 40061U 14036A 25187.90082375 .00000031 00000-0 15097-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 40061 82.5105 162.0678 0029431 179.3712 180.7410 12.42970616499565
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GONETS M 08 (M18).
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 08 (M18) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets-M18, Gonets-M19, Gonets-M20’, on board a Rokot/Briz-KM space rocket.
The launch took place on July 3, 2014, 12:43 p.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets-M18, Gonets-M19, Gonets-M20
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 3, 2014, 12:43 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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