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    LARETS
            Launch Details
            
                
        
                    | Launched | 26 September 2003 | 
| Flight ended | – | 
| Status | Operational | 
| Categories | 
                                                            
                                    Geodetic                                
                                 Active satellites  | 
                    
| Launch site | Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia | 
| Owner | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) | 
| NORAD ID | 27944 | 
| COSPAR ID | 2003-042F | 
| Observing | 
Current orbital elements
| Inclination | 98.388° | 
| Eccentricity | 0.00128 | 
| RA ascending node | 6.619 hr | 
| Argument perigee | 29.053° | 
| Mean anomaly | 331.138° | 
| Orbital period | 98.374 min | 
| Epoch of osculation | 02 Nov 2025, 10:53 | 
Derived Quantities
| Min Altitude | 679.0 km | 
| Mean Altitude | 688.1 km | 
| Peak Altitude | 697.1 km | 
Orbital History
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