NORAD 37951
LUCH 5A
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 37951
- International designator
- 2011-074B
- Launch date
- Dec 11, 2011
- Launch site
- TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Doppler-
Recent receptions
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Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-11-03 15:26:23 UTC
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 23.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 9.1° from the equator, between 35,796 and 35,819 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About LUCH 5A
LUCH 5A is a satellite from Russia (or the former Soviet Union), launched on Dec 11, 2011 from Tyuratam Missile and Space Complex.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 167°E, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Luch 5A · Russian Luch relay satellite
- Operated by
- Roscosmos State Corporation
- Built by
- JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 23 days its lowest point went from 35,767 km to 35,766 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.