GRUS-1A
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 2026-10-24 06:48 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
JAXA
Country
Japan
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 27, 2018
Mass
—
Apogee
580 km
Perigee
568 km
Inclination
97.43°
Period
1.60 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for GRUS-1A across 60 days of archived orbital elements (61 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.3 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
568 × 580 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
- KANOPUS-V 6 · 43877
- ISAT · 43879
- UWE-4 · 43880
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