NORAD 61779
MSU ALTAIR
Time
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 61779
- International designator
- 2024-199AW
- Launch date
- Nov 4, 2024
- Launch site
- VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME
- Radar size (RCS)
- Medium (0.1–1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 435.215 MHz · AFSK435.615 MHz · BPSK435.715 MHz · BPSK
- Beacon
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- Mode
- AFSK, BPSK
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Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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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 DopplerMode U - Transmitter
Transmitter · AFSK
- Downlink
- 435.215 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
- 1,200
Mode U - BPSK (DOKA) - 4k8
Transmitter · BPSK
- Downlink
- 435.615 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
- 4,800
Mode U - BPSK (DOKA) - 4k8
Transmitter · BPSK
- Downlink
- 435.715 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
- 4,800
Recent receptions
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Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-26 06:22:52 UTC
- TLE age
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Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 94 minutes, on an orbit tilted 97.3° from the equator, between 80,868 and 80,960 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About MSU ALTAIR
MSU ALTAIR is a satellite from Russia (or the former Soviet Union), launched on Nov 4, 2024 from Vostochny Cosmodrome.
It circles Earth every 94 minutes (15.4 times a day), between 440 and 456 km up, on an orbit tilted 97.3° 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.
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 15 days its lowest point went from 442 km to 440 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.