Key statistics
Satellite ISTSAT-1 at a glance.
Uptime
307
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
62.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ISTSAT-1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ISTSAT-1
International designator: 2024-128D
Object number (NORAD): 60238
Object ID (CCSDS): 60238
Country: PORTUGAL (POR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.69 minutes
Inclination: 61.9897 deg
SMA: 6930.082 km
Apoapsis: 585.567 km
Periapsis: 518.327 km
RAAN: 178.5279 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0048513
Argument of periapsis: 50.6059 deg
Mean anomaly: 309.9313 deg
Mean motion: 15.04856927 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005744 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00040863 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 2:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ISTSAT-1
TLE line 1: 1 60238U 24128D 25131.60341826 .00005744 00000-0 40863-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 60238 61.9897 178.5279 0048513 50.6059 309.9313 15.04856927 45897
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ISTSAT-1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Maiden Flight of the Ariane 62 launch vehicle, carrying ten cubesats, two deployers, five experiments, and two reentry capsules.
ISTSAT-1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ariane 62 | Maiden Flight’, on board a Ariane 62 space rocket.
The launch took place on July 9, 2024, 7 p.m. from Ariane Launch Area 4.
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Ariane 62 | Maiden Flight
Agency: European Space Agency
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 9, 2024, 7 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Ariane 62
Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 4
Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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