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NORAD 11086

RADIO 2

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Blue circle: where it is above the horizon now

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 2.0 hours, on an orbit tilted 82.6° from the equator, between 1,686 and 1,720 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About RADIO 2

RADIO 2 is a satellite from Russia (or the former Soviet Union), launched on Oct 26, 1978 from Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex.

It circles Earth every 120 minutes (12.0 times a day), between 1,685 and 1,706 km up, on an orbit tilted 82.6° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 83° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

Radio Sputnik 2 · amateur radio satellite

Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 13 days its lowest point went from 1,685 km to 1,685 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
1,6851,6901,6951,7001,705

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.