Key statistics
Satellite GONETS M 08 (M18) at a glance.
Uptime
4142
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: 82.5074 deg
SMA: 7872.149 km
Apoapsis: 1516.919 km
Periapsis: 1471.11 km
RAAN: 88.4226 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0029096
Argument of periapsis: 283.3433 deg
Mean anomaly: 76.4403 deg
Mean motion: 12.42976079 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000021 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000084735 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 2, 2025, 3:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 2, 2025, 11:09 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GONETS M 08 (M18)
TLE line 1: 1 40061U 14036A 25306.46474696 .00000021 00000-0 84735-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 40061 82.5074 88.4226 0029096 283.3433 76.4403 12.42976079514282
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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