Key statistics
Satellite PSLV DEB at a glance.
Uptime
3151
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
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 PSLV DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: PSLV DEB
International designator: 2016-059K
Object number (NORAD): 41792
Object ID (CCSDS): 41792
Country: INDIA (IND)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.531 minutes
Inclination: 97.8083 deg
SMA: 7018.698 km
Apoapsis: 656.257 km
Periapsis: 624.868 km
RAAN: 161.0692 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022361
Argument of periapsis: 17.9661 deg
Mean anomaly: 342.2334 deg
Mean motion: 14.76447262 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003592 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00052126 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 7:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PSLV DEB
TLE line 1: 1 41792U 16059K 25131.80103844 .00003592 00000-0 52126-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 41792 97.8083 161.0692 0022361 17.9661 342.2334 14.76447262461587
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PSLV DEB.
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 DEB 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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