Key statistics
Satellite ALSAT 1N 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 ALSAT 1N.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ALSAT 1N
International designator: 2016-059G
Object number (NORAD): 41789
Object ID (CCSDS): 41789
Country: ALGERIA (ALG)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.056 minutes
Inclination: 97.806 deg
SMA: 7043.838 km
Apoapsis: 684.337 km
Periapsis: 647.069 km
RAAN: 263.2745 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00264538
Argument of periapsis: 9.5733 deg
Mean anomaly: 350.5972 deg
Mean motion: 14.68549927 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001119 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00020000717 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, 6:35 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ALSAT 1N
TLE line 1: 1 41789U 16059G 25252.27463912 .00001119 00000-0 20001-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 41789 97.8060 263.2745 0026454 9.5733 350.5972 14.68549927478766
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ALSAT 1N.
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 1N 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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