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ZORKIY-2M 1
Russian University CubeSat (2023-091 Rideshare Cluster) · Russian University Consortium / Sputnix
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Zorkiy-2M 1, part of a roughly 40-satellite cluster of Russian university and amateur radio CubeSats launched together on June 27, 2023 aboard the same Soyuz rocket carrying the Meteor-M2-3 weather satellite. This satellite is one of roughly 40 small satellites that hitched a ride on the same June 27, 2023 Soyuz launch — the primary payload was Meteor-M2-3, a full-scale Russian weather satellite, with this CubeSat riding along in the same rocket's excess payload capacity.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 307–319 mi (494–514 km)
- Inclination
- 97.5°
- One orbit
- 94.6 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 57177
- Int’l designator
- 2023-091M
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.