Communications
GONETS-M 10
Russian Store-and-Forward Messaging · Russian Satellite Communications Company
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One of the Gonets-M satellites, relaying data for Russian scientific, industrial, and government customers across a territory so vast that satellite messaging remains the only practical connectivity option outside major population centers. The system operates on principles similar to ORBCOMM's, developed independently within the Russian space industry.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 921–941 mi (1,482–1,515 km)
- Inclination
- 82.5°
- One orbit
- 115.8 minutes12.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40063
- Int’l designator
- 2014-036C
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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