RADARSAT

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite RADARSAT at a glance.

Uptime

10997

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.5

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for RADARSAT.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: RADARSAT

International designator: 1995-059A

Object number (NORAD): 23710

Object ID (CCSDS): 23710

Country: CANADA (CA)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.539 minutes

Inclination: 98.5498 deg

SMA: 7162.259 km

Apoapsis: 784.732 km

Periapsis: 783.516 km

RAAN: 352.619 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0000849

Argument of periapsis: 102.3804 deg

Mean anomaly: 257.7474 deg

Mean motion: 14.32279223 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000431 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00017578 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:26 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 12:32 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 RADARSAT

TLE line 1: 1 23710U 95059A 25346.02245046 .00000431 00000-0 17578-3 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 23710 98.5498 352.6190 0000849 102.3804 257.7474 14.32279223571557

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite RADARSAT.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object RADARSAT.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-10-18 13:58:26 0.0005996074 345.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-10-18 00:02:32 0.0001649374 406.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-07-17 02:31:58 0.0001316026 516.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB LEO 2025-04-12 03:22:43 0.0001298519 199.0 (m) DEBRIS
METEOR 2-5 DEB LEO 2025-03-14 16:11:29 0.001121781 107.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Radarsat 1, a Canadian-led international program and a major part of the overall Canadian Space Agency (CSA) program, is Canada's first remote-sensing satellite.

RADARSAT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta II | Radarsat’, on board a Delta II space rocket.

The launch took place on Nov. 4, 1995, 2:22 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.

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Launch to space Delta II | Radarsat
Delta II | Radarsat

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Nov. 4, 1995, 2:22 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Delta II

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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