Communications
GONETS-M 24
Russian Store-and-Forward Messaging · Russian Satellite Communications Company
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Gonets-M 24, part of Russia's sovereign satellite messaging constellation — functionally similar to ORBCOMM's American network but built entirely within Russia's domestic space industry. This satellite provides support for Russia's Northern Sea Route as commercial shipping traffic grows alongside melting Arctic ice.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 923–940 mi (1,485–1,512 km)
- Inclination
- 82.5°
- One orbit
- 115.8 minutes12.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 54151
- Int’l designator
- 2022-139B
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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