GONETS-M 3
Launch
Launched on Jul 28, 2012 from 133/3 (133L), Russia aboard a Rokot/Briz-KM.
Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-13, Gonets M-15, Strela-3M (Kosmos-2481) & Yubileyniy 2 (MiR) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:42 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Russian / Soviet Government
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jul 28, 2012
Mass
—
Apogee
1,503 km
Perigee
1,478 km
Inclination
82.48°
Period
1.93 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for GONETS-M 3 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.0 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
1478 × 1503 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
2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2012-041 (Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-13, Gonets M-15, Strela-3M (Kosmos-2481) & Yubileyniy 2 (MiR)).
- COSMOS 2481 · 38733
- GONETS-M 4 · 38736
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