Key statistics
Satellite ALSAT 2B at a glance.
Uptime
3151
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ALSAT 2B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ALSAT 2B
International designator: 2016-059D
Object number (NORAD): 41786
Object ID (CCSDS): 41786
Country: ALGERIA (ALG)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.953 minutes
Inclination: 98.0404 deg
SMA: 7038.908 km
Apoapsis: 662.207 km
Periapsis: 659.34 km
RAAN: 196.7438 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002037
Argument of periapsis: 80.525 deg
Mean anomaly: 279.6186 deg
Mean motion: 14.70092931 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000867 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015244 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 12, 2025, 7:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ALSAT 2B
TLE line 1: 1 41786U 16059D 25132.83146010 .00000867 00000-0 15244-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 41786 98.0404 196.7438 0002037 80.5250 279.6186 14.70092931461931
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ALSAT 2B.
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 2B 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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