Key statistics
Satellite NORSAT 1 at a glance.
Uptime
2856
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: 95.52 minutes
Inclination: 97.4152 deg
SMA: 6921.877 km
Apoapsis: 549.728 km
Periapsis: 537.757 km
RAAN: 303.4745 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0008647
Argument of periapsis: 44.062 deg
Mean anomaly: 316.1296 deg
Mean motion: 15.07533248 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008072 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00053469 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 9:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NORSAT 1
TLE line 1: 1 42826U 17042B 25128.90378027 .00008072 00000-0 53469-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 42826 97.4152 303.4745 0008647 44.0620 316.1296 15.07533248426197
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite NORSAT 1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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.
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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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