Key statistics
Satellite PSLV R/B at a glance.
Uptime
3271
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for PSLV R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PSLV R/B
International designator: 2016-059J
Object number (NORAD): 41791
Object ID (CCSDS): 41791
Country: INDIA (IND)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.409 minutes
Inclination: 97.8513 deg
SMA: 7060.76 km
Apoapsis: 712.554 km
Periapsis: 652.697 km
RAAN: 271.3896 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0042387
Argument of periapsis: 97.1038 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.4988 deg
Mean motion: 14.63273647 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000614 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012630376 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 12:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PSLV R/B
TLE line 1: 1 41791U 16059J 25251.51016647 .00000614 00000-0 12630-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 41791 97.8513 271.3896 0042387 97.1038 263.4988 14.63273647477477
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PSLV R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object PSLV R/B.
Associated 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.
PSLV R/B 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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