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Ionosfera-M 1 & 2

Success Roscosmos, Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

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Mission

Earth Science · SSO

Ionosfera is a constellation of four ionospheric and magnetospheric research satellites developed by for Roscosmos for the project Ionozond. The satellites will operate on circular sun-synchronous orbits (SSO), at altitude of about 800 km and located in two orbital planes of two satellites each.…

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
IONOSFERA-M 1 2024-199A Payload 815 × 817 km · 98.7° Globe
IONOSFERA-M 2 2024-199B Payload 815 × 817 km · 98.7° Globe
SITRO-AIS 16 2024-199C Payload 568 × 578 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 15 2024-199D Payload 568 × 577 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 21 2024-199E Payload 572 × 589 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 22 2024-199F Payload 569 × 587 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 24 2024-199G Payload 569 × 586 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 23 2024-199H Payload 569 × 587 km · 97.3° Globe
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SITRO-AIS 13 2024-199J Payload 567 × 577 km · 97.3° Globe
OBJECT K 2024-199K Payload 384 × 393 km · 97.3° Globe
POLYTECH UNIVERSE-5 2024-199L Payload 324 × 332 km · 97.3° Globe
COLIBRI-S (RS67S) 2024-199M Payload 404 × 413 km · 97.3° Globe
POLYTECH UNIVERSE-4 2024-199N Payload 412 × 423 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 44 2024-199P Payload re-entered 2026-10-07
VIZARD-ION (RS68S) 2024-199Q Payload 369 × 378 km · 97.3° Globe
OBJECT R 2024-199R Payload 369 × 377 km · 97.3° Globe
OBJECT S 2024-199S Payload 444 × 455 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 14 2024-199T Payload 568 × 577 km · 97.3° Globe
HORS 3 (RS81S) 2024-199U Payload 370 × 378 km · 97.3° Globe
HORS 4 (RS82S) 2024-199V Payload 340 × 348 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 43 2024-199W Payload re-entered 2026-10-03
SITRO-AIS 42 2024-199X Payload re-entered 2026-10-13
HORIZON (RS59S) 2024-199Y Payload re-entered 2026-05-16
SITRO-AIS 20 2024-199Z Payload 567 × 576 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 19 2024-199AA Payload 568 × 576 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 41 2024-199AB Payload re-entered 2026-10-12
OBJECT AC 2024-199AC Payload 359 × 367 km · 97.3° Globe
ARCTICSAT 1 (RS74S) 2024-199AD Payload re-entered 2026-06-14
SIT-HSE 2024-199AE Payload 378 × 384 km · 97.3° Globe
SIT-2086 2024-199AF Payload 375 × 384 km · 97.3° Globe
MORDOVIA-IOT (RS50S) 2024-199AG Payload re-entered 2026-02-05
RUZAEVKA 390 (RS44S) 2024-199AH Payload re-entered 2026-03-10
NOKHCHO 2024-199AJ Payload re-entered 2025-12-29
OBJECT AK 2024-199AK Payload 399 × 406 km · 97.3° Globe
KOSAR 2024-199AL Payload 377 × 383 km · 97.3° Globe
OBJECT AM 2024-199AM Payload re-entered 2025-03-16
SITRO-AIS 48 2024-199AN Payload 348 × 356 km · 97.3° Globe
HYPERVIEW 1G (RS66S) 2024-199AP Payload re-entered 2026-08-18
SITRO-AIS 47 2024-199AQ Payload 342 × 350 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 46 2024-199AR Payload 330 × 337 km · 97.3° Globe
OBJECT AS 2024-199AS Payload 414 × 432 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 40 2024-199AT Payload 327 × 334 km · 97.3° Globe
OBJECT AU 2024-199AU Payload 408 × 426 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 39 2024-199AV Payload 348 × 356 km · 97.3° Globe
ALTAIR (RS65S) 2024-199AW Payload 441 × 456 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 37 2024-199AX Payload 340 × 348 km · 97.3° Globe
ASRTU-1 (AO-123) 2024-199AY Payload 446 × 462 km · 97.3° Globe
TUSUR GO (RS78S) 2024-199AZ Payload re-entered 2026-05-07
ZIMSAT-2 2024-199BA Payload re-entered 2026-01-20
SAMSAT-IONOSPHERE (RS75S) 2024-199BB Payload 350 × 359 km · 97.3° Globe
RTU MIREA 1 (RS51S) 2024-199BC Payload 321 × 331 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 38 2024-199BD Payload 394 × 403 km · 97.3° Globe
OBJECT BE 2024-199BE Payload 443 × 459 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 45 2024-199BF Payload 347 × 354 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 17 2024-199BG Payload 567 × 576 km · 97.3° Globe
SITRO-AIS 18 2024-199BH Payload 568 × 576 km · 97.3° Globe

COSPAR ID 2024-199 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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