POLYTECH UNIVERSE-4
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 2026-10-24 06:59 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Russian / Soviet Government
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Nov 4, 2024
Mass
—
Apogee
426 km
Perigee
415 km
Inclination
97.28°
Period
1.55 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for POLYTECH UNIVERSE-4 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-6.4 km
Rate
-0.11 km/day
Now
415 × 426 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
46 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-199 (Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Ionosfera-M 1 & 2).
- IONOSFERA-M 1 · 61735
- SITRO-AIS 19 · 61759
- SITRO-AIS 41 · 61760
- 2024-199AC · 61761
- SIT-HSE · 61763
- SIT-2086 · 61764
- 2024-199AK · 61768
- KOSAR · 61769
- SITRO-AIS 48 · 61771
- SITRO-AIS 47 · 61773
- SITRO-AIS 46 · 61774
- 2024-199AS · 61775
- SITRO-AIS 40 · 61776
- 2024-199AU · 61777
- SITRO-AIS 39 · 61778
- ALTAIR (RS65S) · 61779
- SITRO-AIS 37 · 61780
- ASRTU-1 (AO-123) · 61781
- IONOSFERA-M 2 · 61736
- SAMSAT-IONOSPHERE (RS7*) · 61784
- RTU MIREA 1 (RS51S) · 61785
- SITRO-AIS 38 · 61786
- 2024-199BE · 61787
- SITRO-AIS 45 · 61788
…and 22 more from this launch.
Sources & further reading
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