Key statistics
Satellite CARTOSAT-1 at a glance.
Uptime
7425
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CARTOSAT-1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CARTOSAT-1
International designator: 2005-017A
Object number (NORAD): 28649
Object ID (CCSDS): 28649
Country: INDIA (IND)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.651 minutes
Inclination: 97.5627 deg
SMA: 6976.392 km
Apoapsis: 598.807 km
Periapsis: 597.708 km
RAAN: 275.6969 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00007877
Argument of periapsis: 55.956 deg
Mean anomaly: 304.1733 deg
Mean motion: 14.8989767 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003072 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00032482024 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:25 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 7:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CARTOSAT-1
TLE line 1: 1 28649U 05017A 25244.81658936 .00003072 00000-0 32482-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 28649 97.5627 275.6969 0000788 55.9560 304.1733 14.89897670100869
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CARTOSAT-1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Cartosat-1 or IRS-P5 is a stereoscopic Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit, and the first one of the Cartosat series of satellites. The eleventh satellite of ISRO in IRS series.
CARTOSAT-1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘PSLV | Cartosat-1’, on board a PSLV space rocket.
The launch took place on May 5, 2005, 4:45 a.m. from Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad.
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PSLV | Cartosat-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 5, 2005, 4:45 a.m. UTC
Rocket: PSLV
Launch pad: Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
Location: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
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