Key statistics
Satellite GONETS M 13 (M23) at a glance.
Uptime
3912
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 13 (M23).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GONETS M 13 (M23)
International designator: 2015-020C
Object number (NORAD): 40554
Object ID (CCSDS): 40554
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.861 minutes
Inclination: 82.4841 deg
SMA: 7872.624 km
Apoapsis: 1505.163 km
Periapsis: 1483.814 km
RAAN: 145.893 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00135589
Argument of periapsis: 17.7343 deg
Mean anomaly: 342.4207 deg
Mean motion: 12.42863788 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000128 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00085284037 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 14, 2025, 8:56 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GONETS M 13 (M23)
TLE line 1: 1 40554U 15020C 25348.37264161 .00000128 00000-0 85284-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 40554 82.4841 145.8930 0013559 17.7343 342.4207 12.42863788485744
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GONETS M 13 (M23).
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 13 (M23) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-21, Gonets M-22, Gonets M-23, Kosmos 2504’, on board a Rokot/Briz-KM space rocket.
The launch took place on March 31, 2015, 1:47 p.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-21, Gonets M-22, Gonets M-23, Kosmos 2504
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 31, 2015, 1:47 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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