Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat - Ionosfera-M 3&4 - Vostochny - 25 July 2025 (05:54 UTC)

Update for GEOSCAN-4

GEOSCAN-4
1 98556U          25213.41362621  .00000000  00000-0  82229-4 0    01
2 98556  97.4100 177.5226 0014116  48.2592 346.5194 15.30784003    02
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Update for GEOSCAN-3

GEOSCAN-3
1 98557U          25210.07483250  .00000000  00000-0  50000-4 0    05
2 98557  97.4100 177.9236 0011544  38.2595  72.4101 15.13507441    05
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Yes but the TLE wasn’t very good, for example check this one SatNOGS Network - Observation 12091803 at the top right it should be Geoscan-5.

better ones

INNOSAT16
1 98552U          25214.02987760  .00000000  00000-0  50000-4 0    04
2 98552  97.4100 175.9884 0015621  23.1068 116.6810 15.22416089    00
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TLE update for GEOSCAN-1:

GEOSCAN-1
1 98559U          25214.21850023  .00000000  00000-0  24717-2 0    07
2 98559  97.4100 179.1893 0011560  49.4078  60.3880 15.22120667    09
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We have TLE from space-track.org in TBA status:

0 IONOSFERA-M 03
1 64876U 25155A   25213.62764004  .00000248  00000-0  13323-3 0  9990
2 64876  98.5547 179.3588 0002628  73.4696 286.6771 14.21344299  1002
0 IONOSFERA-M 04
1 64877U 25155B   25213.62844258  .00000121  00000-0  75019-4 0  9992
2 64877  98.5548 179.3579 0001907  74.2870 285.8518 14.21187676  1000
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64878U 25155C   25213.67548116  .00003890  00000-0  17730-3 0  9993
2 64878  97.4103 178.8135 0010319 221.0707 138.9753 15.21197763 32031
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64879U 25155D   25213.67254973  .00008907  00000-0  39446-3 0  9991
2 64879  97.4118 178.8213 0008106 213.4773 146.5952 15.21843682 32038
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64880U 25155E   25213.67248238  .00009426  00000-0  41703-3 0  9996
2 64880  97.4122 178.8221 0008052 213.9839 146.0882 15.21861829 32032
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64881U 25155F   25213.67205148  .00011396  00000-0  50193-3 0  9992
2 64881  97.4135 178.8241 0007864 213.5923 146.4815 15.21964076 32037
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64882U 25155G   25213.67172202  .00007793  00000-0  34393-3 0  9997
2 64882  97.4137 178.8106 0007309 213.1214 146.9565 15.22010465 32035
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64883U 25155H   25213.67165498  .00008160  00000-0  35982-3 0  9991
2 64883  97.4135 178.8102 0007260 213.0298 147.0486 15.22025200 32034
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64884U 25155J   25213.60582221  .00007892  00000-0  34813-3 0  9995
2 64884  97.4131 178.7456 0007185 214.1146 145.9629 15.22025900 32024
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64885U 25155K   25213.67119731  .00018613  00000-0  81127-3 0  9998
2 64885  97.4096 178.8164 0008927 201.0749 159.0121 15.22199493 32034
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64886U 25155L   25213.60538748  .00017565  00000-0  76594-3 0  9992
2 64886  97.4097 178.7524 0008630 201.1096 158.9786 15.22198352 32029
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64887U 25155M   25213.67109901  .00014620  00000-0  63854-3 0  9999
2 64887  97.4113 178.8192 0008350 201.7323 158.3560 15.22186604 32031
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64888U 25155N   25213.67098286  .00016343  00000-0  71240-3 0  9995
2 64888  97.4104 178.8179 0008533 200.5742 159.5152 15.22227908 32035
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64889U 25155P   25213.67107597  .00005160  00000-0  22809-3 0  9994
2 64889  97.4135 178.8170 0006912 208.8895 151.1960 15.22124534 32036
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64890U 25155Q   25213.67052567  .00009298  00000-0  40657-3 0  9999
2 64890  97.4118 178.8211 0007704 198.5289 161.5668 15.22268953 32031
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64891U 25155R   25213.67013325  .00011116  00000-0  48416-3 0  9992
2 64891  97.4128 178.8169 0006248 218.8130 141.2659 15.22363029 32033
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64892U 25155S   25213.67010609  .00011248  00000-0  48977-3 0  9993
2 64892  97.4130 178.8175 0006279 220.0852 139.9922 15.22368982 32034
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64893U 25155T   25213.66973895  .00012077  00000-0  52432-3 0  9990
2 64893  97.4128 178.8176 0006058 222.0637 138.0135 15.22450804 32032
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64894U 25155U   25213.47229729  .00013651  00000-0  59105-3 0  9993
2 64894  97.4128 178.6236 0005966 225.2989 134.7762 15.22516306 32006
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64895U 25155V   25213.67163883  .00008189  00000-0  36098-3 0  9990
2 64895  97.4138 178.8111 0007269 212.6735 147.4052 15.22034991 32029

EDIT: There are as expected 20 TLE sets, so no missing object.

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GEOSCAN-1, best match 64880 other option is 64879

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GEOSCAN-2 64890

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Here a quick status update:

Temporary NORAD ID Satellite NORAD ID to follow Other candidate NORAD IDs Identified Deployed Reception Last Update
RECEIVED & DEMODULATED/DECODED
98560 239Alferov 64881 64880(unlikely), 64882, 64883, 64884(unlikely), 64885(unlikely), 64895 NO YES Received Received, changed to follow 64881, other possible 64880(unlikely), 64882, 64883, 64884(unlikely), 64885(unlikely), 64895
98559 Geoscan-1 64880 64879(unlikely) NO YES Received Received, changed to follow 64880, other possible 64879(unlikely)
98558 Geoscan-2 64890 64889(unlikely), 64891(unlikely) NO YES Received Received, changed to follow 64890, other possible 64889(unlikely), 64891(unlikely)
98557 Geoscan-3 64893 64891, 64892, 64894 NO YES Received Received, changed to follow 64893, other possible 64891, 64892, 64894
98556 Geoscan-4 64892 64891 NO YES Received Received, changed to follow 64892, other possible 64891
98555 Geoscan-5 64891 64890(unlikely), 64892, 64893(unlikely) NO YES Received Received, changed to follow 64891, other possible 64890(unlikely), 64892, 64893(unlikely)
98554 Geoscan-6 64879 64880 NO YES Received Received, changed to follow 64879, other possible 64880
98553 InnoSat3 64894 64893(unlikely) NO YES Received Received, changed to follow 64894, other possible 64893(unlikely)
98552 InnoSat16 64878 - NO YES Received Received, changed to follow 64878, other possible -
RECEIVED
UNKNOWN STATUS
- Ionosfera-M №3 - 64876 - YES YES -
- Ionosfera-M №4 - 64877 - YES YES -
IN DB WITHOUT FREQUENCIES
98549 CSTP-4.1 64882 64878, 64879, 64880, 64881, 64883, 64884, 64885, 64886, 64887, 64888, 64889, 64890, 64891, 64892, 64893, 64894, 64895 NO YES Unknown Randomly changed to follow 64882, other possible 64878, 64879, 64880, 64881, 64883, 64884, 64885, 64886, 64887, 64888, 64889, 64890, 64891, 64892, 64893, 64894, 64895
98548 CSTP-4.2 64883 64878, 64879, 64880, 64881, 64882, 64884, 64885, 64886, 64887, 64888, 64889, 64890, 64891, 64892, 64893, 64894, 64895 NO YES Unknown Randomly changed to follow 64883, other possible 64878, 64879, 64880, 64881, 64882, 64884, 64885, 64886, 64887, 64888, 64889, 64890, 64891, 64892, 64893, 64894, 64895
98547 CSTP-4.3 64884 64878, 64879, 64880, 64881, 64882, 64883, 64885, 64886, 64887, 64888, 64889, 64890, 64891, 64892, 64893, 64894, 64895 NO YES Unknown Randomly changed to follow 64884, other possible 64878, 64879, 64880, 64881, 64882, 64883, 64885, 64886, 64887, 64888, 64889, 64890, 64891, 64892, 64893, 64894, 64895
98546 CSTP-4.4 64885 64878, 64879, 64880, 64881, 64882, 64883, 64884, 64886, 64887, 64888, 64889, 64890, 64891, 64892, 64893, 64894, 64895 NO YES Unknown Randomly changed to follow 64885, other possible 64878, 64879, 64880, 64881, 64882, 64883, 64884, 64886, 64887, 64888, 64889, 64890, 64891, 64892, 64893, 64894, 64895
NOT IN DB
- AstroLine-1 - all except identified NO YES Unknown -
- AstroLine-2 - all except identified NO YES Unknown -
- AstroLine-3 - all except identified NO YES Unknown -
- AstroLine-4 - all except identified NO YES Unknown -
- Nahid 2 - all except identified NO YES Unknown -
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GEOSCAN-3 64893

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GEOSCAN-4 64892

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GEOSCAN-5 64891

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GEOSCAN-6 64879

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INNOSAT3 64894

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INNOSAT16 64878

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239ALFEROV 64881

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Maybe to soon, but I am pretty confidant the ID’s are correct so I updated the gr-satellites yml files that belong to this launch with the new NoradID’s

Jan | PE0SAT

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Thanks Jan! Really appreciate your doing this for us.
Bob

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Regarding the inverted 250k LoRaWAN packets that I found on 437.360, I located an article (Nine Geoscan Satellites Ready for Launch | Geoscan) stating that GeoScan-4 & GeoScan-5 would be testing IoT/LoRaWAN downlinks:

… and as of today (03-Aug-2025), the tinyGS network has added an object to allow for world-wide monitoring for these transmissions. Some decodes have started showing up in their database (<meta name="version" content="">tinygs-webapp v):

… so, thanks to Jan’s work to match NORAD ID’s #64892 & #64891 to those two satellites, perhaps we will be able to confirm if they are indeed the TX source of these signals. Of course, as always, it will be much easier as all the targets from this deployment spread out more.

Since these packets continue to show a ‘Frame Counter’ value of -0-, it does certainly appear to be a proof-of-concept & hardware test (using Amateur spectrum, sadly) as opposed to a pair of functional LEO IoT Gateways.

Hey, K4KDR!

Thank you for your interest in our satellite project. I would like to address an inaccuracy in your post regarding the Geoscan-4 and Geoscan-5 satellites.

You mentioned that these satellites carry an IoT payload and operate within the amateur radio band. However, this is not the case. While the satellites do include an IoT payload as a technology demonstrator, the frequencies used are not allocated to the amateur radio service. These frequencies are regulated by the national administration, as the experiments will be conducted over the territory of the Russian Federation.

The amateur radio frequencies remain dedicated solely to amateur service operations.

73!

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