Key statistics
Satellite CARTOSAT-1 at a glance.
Uptime
7528
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.5
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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: 96.618 minutes
Inclination: 97.5499 deg
SMA: 6974.796 km
Apoapsis: 597.488 km
Periapsis: 595.835 km
RAAN: 13.9961 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00011847
Argument of periapsis: 48.4106 deg
Mean anomaly: 311.7214 deg
Mean motion: 14.90409021 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002706 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028320564 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 2:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CARTOSAT-1
TLE line 1: 1 28649U 05017A 25347.62188736 .00002706 00000-0 28321-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 28649 97.5499 13.9961 0001185 48.4106 311.7214 14.90409021116176
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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