Key statistics
Satellite PISAT at a glance.
Uptime
3151
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 PISAT.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PISAT
International designator: 2016-059B
Object number (NORAD): 41784
Object ID (CCSDS): 41784
Country: INDIA (IND)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.101 minutes
Inclination: 97.817 deg
SMA: 7046.004 km
Apoapsis: 689.521 km
Periapsis: 646.218 km
RAAN: 145.6471 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0030729
Argument of periapsis: 47.0813 deg
Mean anomaly: 313.2964 deg
Mean motion: 14.67872691 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000127 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00022885 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 7:41 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 12, 2025, 1:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PISAT
TLE line 1: 1 41784U 16059B 25132.54322335 .00001270 00000-0 22885-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 41784 97.8170 145.6471 0030729 47.0813 313.2964 14.67872691460942
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PISAT.
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.
PISAT 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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