Key statistics
Satellite PATHFINDER 1 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 PATHFINDER 1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PATHFINDER 1
International designator: 2016-059E
Object number (NORAD): 41787
Object ID (CCSDS): 41787
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.162 minutes
Inclination: 97.8125 deg
SMA: 7048.929 km
Apoapsis: 690.325 km
Periapsis: 651.263 km
RAAN: 197.7645 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0027708
Argument of periapsis: 225.8284 deg
Mean anomaly: 134.0644 deg
Mean motion: 14.6695918 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000051 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000098821 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PATHFINDER 1
TLE line 1: 1 41787U 16059E 25187.60751501 .00000510 00000-0 98821-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 41787 97.8125 197.7645 0027708 225.8284 134.0644 14.66959180469038
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PATHFINDER 1.
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.
PATHFINDER 1 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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