Key statistics
Satellite PRATHAM at a glance.
Uptime
3324
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: 98.178 minutes
Inclination: 97.8274 deg
SMA: 7049.704 km
Apoapsis: 693.034 km
Periapsis: 650.103 km
RAAN: 307.5434 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00304492
Argument of periapsis: 221.8182 deg
Mean anomaly: 138.0696 deg
Mean motion: 14.66717496 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001114 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00020707109 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 1, 2025, 7:40 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 1, 2025, 11:56 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PRATHAM
TLE line 1: 1 41783U 16059A 25305.49734750 .00001114 00000-0 20707-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 41783 97.8274 307.5434 0030449 221.8182 138.0696 14.66717496486138
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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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