ALTAIR (RS65S)

NORAD 61779· COSPAR 2024-199AW· Active satellite· Amateur Radio· 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 2026-09-09 06:01 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Russian / Soviet Government

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Nov 4, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

463 km

Perigee

446 km

Inclination

97.29°

Period

1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for ALTAIR (RS65S) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-5.4 km

Rate

-0.05 km/day

Now

446 × 463 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

47 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
HYPERVIEW 1G (RS66S) · 61772
SITRO-AIS 47 · 61773
SITRO-AIS 46 · 61774
2024-199AS · 61775
SITRO-AIS 40 · 61776
2024-199AU · 61777
SITRO-AIS 39 · 61778
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 23 more from this launch.

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