Key statistics
Satellite DMC 3-FM1 at a glance.
Uptime
3651
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for DMC 3-FM1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: DMC 3-FM1
International designator: 2015-032A
Object number (NORAD): 40715
Object ID (CCSDS): 40715
Country: UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.963 minutes
Inclination: 97.6954 deg
SMA: 6991.381 km
Apoapsis: 618.201 km
Periapsis: 608.29 km
RAAN: 61.6881 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007088
Argument of periapsis: 103.2039 deg
Mean anomaly: 256.9967 deg
Mean motion: 14.85108952 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000437 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000057168 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DMC 3-FM1
TLE line 1: 1 40715U 15032A 25188.92149187 .00000437 00000-0 57168-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 40715 97.6954 61.6881 0007088 103.2039 256.9967 14.85108952538801
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite DMC 3-FM1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its thirtieth flight (PSLV-C28), will launch three identical DMC3 optical earth observation satellites. A, B and C. It will also carry two auxiliary satellites from UK. CBNT-1, a technology demonstrator earth observation micro satellite, and De-OrbitSail, a technology demonstrator nano satellite.
DMC 3-FM1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘PSLV XL | DMC-3A, DMC-3B, DMC-3C, CBNT-1 & DeOrbitSAIL’, on board a PSLV-XL space rocket.
The launch took place on July 10, 2015, 4:28 p.m. from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad.
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PSLV XL | DMC-3A, DMC-3B, DMC-3C, CBNT-1 & DeOrbitSAIL
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 10, 2015, 4:28 p.m. UTC
Rocket: PSLV-XL
Launch pad: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad
Location: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
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