SALSAT

NORAD 46495· COSPAR 2020-068K· ISS / Science· SSO

Launch

Launched on Sep 28, 2020 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M.

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Gonets-M27, Gonets-M28, Gonets-M29 & others →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 23:18 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

DLR

Country

Germany

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Sep 28, 2020

Mass

—

Apogee

484 km

Perigee

471 km

Inclination

97.89°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SALSAT across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-4.1 km

Rate

-0.04 km/day

Now

471 × 484 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

11 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-068 (Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Gonets-M27, Gonets-M28, Gonets-M29 & others).

GONETS-M 17 · 46486
GONETS-M 18 · 46487
GONETS-M 19 · 46488
DEKART · 46493
NORBI · 46494
ICEYE-X7 · 46496
ICEYE-X6 · 46497
NETSAT-4 · 46504
NETSAT-3 · 46505
NETSAT-1 · 46506
NETSAT-2 · 46507

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