Key statistics
Satellite SCATSAT 1 at a glance.
Uptime
3206
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: 97.411 minutes
Inclination: 98.168 deg
SMA: 7012.914 km
Apoapsis: 673.047 km
Periapsis: 596.511 km
RAAN: 242.1572 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0054568
Argument of periapsis: 280.5762 deg
Mean anomaly: 78.9305 deg
Mean motion: 14.78274244 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000859 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012322 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, 2:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SCATSAT 1
TLE line 1: 1 41790U 16059H 25187.62173842 .00000859 00000-0 12322-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 41790 98.1680 242.1572 0054568 280.5762 78.9305 14.78274244 50512
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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