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IONOSFERA-M 2

NORAD 61736· COSPAR 2024-199B· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO
Launch
Launched on Nov 4, 2024 from Cosmodrome Site 1S, Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Ionosfera-M 1 & 2
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:31 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Russian / Soviet Government
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
Launched
Nov 4, 2024
Mass
Apogee
822 km
Perigee
819 km
Inclination
98.70°
Period
1.69 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for IONOSFERA-M 2 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
819 × 822 km
820822819May 29Sep 9
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

47 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-199 (Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Ionosfera-M 1 & 2).

…and 23 more from this launch.

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