NORSAT 1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite NORSAT 1 at a glance.

Uptime

3026

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.1

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

97.4

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for NORSAT 1.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: NORSAT 1

International designator: 2017-042B

Object number (NORAD): 42826

Object ID (CCSDS): 42826

Country: NORWAY (NOR)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 95.363 minutes

Inclination: 97.426 deg

SMA: 6914.293 km

Apoapsis: 541.533 km

Periapsis: 530.783 km

RAAN: 107.8354 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00077735

Argument of periapsis: 165.3212 deg

Mean anomaly: 194.8245 deg

Mean motion: 15.10014359 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00009803 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00060610705 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:54 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 11:22 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NORSAT 1

TLE line 1: 1 42826U 17042B 25298.97361572 .00009803 00000-0 60611-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 42826 97.4260 107.8354 0007774 165.3212 194.8245 15.10014359451838

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite NORSAT 1.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Kanopus-V-IK is a small Russian remote sensing satellite for monitoring wildfires. Weighing about 473 kg, it is intended for 5 years of operation in a 510 km sun-synchronous orbit.

NORSAT 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Kanopus-V-IK’, on board a Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M space rocket.

The launch took place on July 14, 2017, 6:36 a.m. from 31/6.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Kanopus-V-IK
Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Kanopus-V-IK

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch was a Partial Failure

Launch date: July 14, 2017, 6:36 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M

Launch pad: 31/6

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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