Key statistics
Satellite FREGAT R/B at a glance.
Uptime
2230
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 2.0
Per day
Orbit
HEO
HEO
Inclination
63.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for FREGAT R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: FREGAT R/B
International designator: 2019-046B
Object number (NORAD): 44454
Object ID (CCSDS): 44454
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 717.62 minutes
Inclination: 63.0712 deg
SMA: 26551.555 km
Apoapsis: 38970.741 km
Periapsis: 1376.099 km
RAAN: 74.5954 deg
Eccentricy: 0.70795555
Argument of periapsis: 276.492 deg
Mean anomaly: 14.2031 deg
Mean motion: 2.00663237 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000594 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 28, 2025, 11:13 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 27, 2025, 7:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FREGAT R/B
TLE line 1: 1 44454U 19046B 25239.79772573 .00000594 00000-0 00000-0 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 44454 63.0712 74.5954 7079556 276.4920 14.2031 2.00663237 44553
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite FREGAT R/B.
Associated space launch
The Meridian series of communications satellites is reported to be the replacement for all the Molniya-1T, the Molniya-3 and Molniya-3K satellite series and possibly also for the communication component of the Parus. They are launched into highly eccentric Molniya-orbits. Meridian is the highly eccentric orbit (HEO) component of the Integrated Satellite Communications System (ISSS), where they work in conjunction with the geostationary Raduga-1M (Globus-M) satellites. The bus structure is reportedly pressurized, possibly based on the Uragan-M bus. Meridian satellites carry three transponders operating in different frequency bands.
FREGAT R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meridian-M No.18’, on board a Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M space rocket.
The launch took place on July 30, 2019, 5:57 a.m. from 43/4 (43R).
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Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meridian-M No.18
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 30, 2019, 5:57 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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