KANOPUS-V 6
Launch
Launched on Dec 27, 2018 from Cosmodrome Site 1S, Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M.
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kanopus-V No.5 & Kanopus-V No.6 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 15:26 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Russian / Soviet Government
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 27, 2018
Mass
—
Apogee
450 km
Perigee
447 km
Inclination
97.37°
Period
1.56 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for KANOPUS-V 6 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+1.0 km
Rate
+0.07 km/day
Now
447 × 450 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
4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2018-111 (Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kanopus-V No.5 & Kanopus-V No.6).
- KANOPUS-V 5 · 43876
- ISAT · 43879
- UWE-4 · 43880
- GRUS-1A · 43890
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