Key statistics
Satellite PISAT at a glance.
Uptime
3271
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: 98.084 minutes
Inclination: 97.818 deg
SMA: 7045.16 km
Apoapsis: 688.251 km
Periapsis: 645.798 km
RAAN: 259.791 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00301291
Argument of periapsis: 26.3674 deg
Mean anomaly: 333.9057 deg
Mean motion: 14.68136657 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001278 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00022900397 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 12:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PISAT
TLE line 1: 1 41784U 16059B 25252.02982761 .00001278 00000-0 22900-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 41784 97.8180 259.7910 0030129 26.3674 333.9057 14.68136657478472
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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