Key statistics
Satellite SCATSAT 1 at a glance.
Uptime
3151
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SCATSAT 1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SCATSAT 1
International designator: 2016-059H
Object number (NORAD): 41790
Object ID (CCSDS): 41790
Country: INDIA (IND)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.421 minutes
Inclination: 98.1713 deg
SMA: 7013.379 km
Apoapsis: 675.589 km
Periapsis: 594.898 km
RAAN: 186.3303 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0057527
Argument of periapsis: 97.1812 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.5944 deg
Mean motion: 14.78127306 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001783 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024725 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 7:41 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 12, 2025, 2:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SCATSAT 1
TLE line 1: 1 41790U 16059H 25132.58984466 .00001783 00000-0 24725-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 41790 98.1713 186.3303 0057527 97.1812 263.5944 14.78127306 42389
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SCATSAT 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.
SCATSAT 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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