MOZHAETS 4 (RS22)

NORAD 27939· COSPAR 2003-042A· Active satellite· Amateur Radio· SSO

Launch

Launched on Sep 27, 2003 from 132/1 (132L), Russia aboard a Kosmos-3M (11K65M).

Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 22:58 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

Russian / Soviet Government

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Sep 27, 2003

Mass

—

Apogee

662 km

Perigee

646 km

Inclination

98.35°

Period

1.63 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for MOZHAETS 4 (RS22) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.5 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

646 × 662 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2003-042 (Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4).

LARETS · 27944

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