Communications
GONETS-M 8
Russian Store-and-Forward Messaging · Russian Satellite Communications Company
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One of the Gonets-M satellites, part of Russia's ongoing constellation replenishment program that has launched batches of these messaging satellites roughly every two to three years since the mid-2000s. The system supports Russian government, military, and commercial customers requiring data relay in areas without cellular or fiber infrastructure.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 917–945 mi (1,476–1,521 km)
- Inclination
- 82.5°
- One orbit
- 115.8 minutes12.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40061
- Int’l designator
- 2014-036A
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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