Key statistics
Satellite PRATHAM at a glance.
Uptime
3206
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for PRATHAM.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PRATHAM
International designator: 2016-059A
Object number (NORAD): 41783
Object ID (CCSDS): 41783
Country: INDIA (IND)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.196 minutes
Inclination: 97.8233 deg
SMA: 7050.562 km
Apoapsis: 693.85 km
Periapsis: 651.005 km
RAAN: 195.0399 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0030384
Argument of periapsis: 237.6354 deg
Mean anomaly: 122.1909 deg
Mean motion: 14.66449521 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000521 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010195 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:23 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PRATHAM
TLE line 1: 1 41783U 16059A 25187.59964901 .00000521 00000-0 10195-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 41783 97.8233 195.0399 0030384 237.6354 122.1909 14.66449521468858
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Real-time ground track for satellite PRATHAM.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
ScatSat-1 is a microsatellite of 371 kg and a mission life of 5 years. It is tasked to provide weather forecasting, cyclone prediction, and tracking services to India. This launch will also carry 7 other satellites, the 117kg Alsat-2B, the 103kg Alsat-1B & the 7kg Alsat-1N earth observation satellites for Algerian Space Agency, the 44kg Pathfinder-1 earth imager for Blacksky, the 8kg CanX-7 deorbiter for UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory, the 10kg Pratham Ionospheric Tomographer for IIT Bombay and the 5.25kg PiSat earth imager for PES University.
PRATHAM was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘PSLV | SCATSat-1’, on board a PSLV space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 26, 2016, 3:42 a.m. from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad.
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PSLV | SCATSat-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 26, 2016, 3:42 a.m. UTC
Rocket: PSLV
Launch pad: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad
Location: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
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