Key statistics
Satellite ALSAT 1B 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 ALSAT 1B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ALSAT 1B
International designator: 2016-059C
Object number (NORAD): 41785
Object ID (CCSDS): 41785
Country: ALGERIA (ALG)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.836 minutes
Inclination: 97.7876 deg
SMA: 7033.291 km
Apoapsis: 660.742 km
Periapsis: 649.571 km
RAAN: 206.3616 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007942
Argument of periapsis: 253.9522 deg
Mean anomaly: 106.0811 deg
Mean motion: 14.71854367 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000279 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000052137 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 7:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ALSAT 1B
TLE line 1: 1 41785U 16059C 25187.80419108 .00000279 00000-0 52137-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 41785 97.7876 206.3616 0007942 253.9522 106.0811 14.71854367469760
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ALSAT 1B.
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.
ALSAT 1B 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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