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KALPANA 1 (METSAT 1), 27525

Orbit data source: Space-Track

KALPANA 1 (METSAT 1), 27525 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 12 Sep 2002 UTC via a PSLV launch vehicle from the Sirharikota (SRI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

27525, 2002-043A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

18 hours ago

Origin

Indian Space Research Organization (IN / IND)

Manufacturer

ISRO

Mission

Non-operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

I2K, ISRO LAM

Mass

1,060 kg wet, 560 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2002-09-12 (23 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PSLV

Launch site

Sirharikota (SRI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 5 m

Radar Cross Section

7.615 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 18 hours ago

0 KALPANA 1 (METSAT 1)
1 27525U 02043A   25130.39013233 -.00000079  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 27525  12.3900  35.5049 0006090 126.7771 136.9547  0.98337619 82528

Epoch: 2025-05-10T09:21Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-10T09:21:47.433Z)

Latitude

-12.32764°

Longitude

-69.73387°

Altitude

36,358.647 km

Speed

3.053 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 56m 35s

True Declination

-12° 18' 56"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

3.25156°

Longitude

-168.43746°

Altitude

36,316.387 km

Speed

3.056 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 36m 41s

Apparent Declination

-2° 27' 24"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:18:49

Azimuth

134.8° SE

Elevation

37.177°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,364.68 km

Perigee altitude

36,312.651 km

Semi-major axis

42,716.803 km

Eccentricity

0.000609

Inclination

12.39°

RAAN

35.5049°

Arg. of periapsis

126.7771°

True anomaly

137.00231°

Mean anomaly

136.9547°

Eccentric anomaly

136.97851°

Mean motion

0.24584 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1464.39 mins

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Other satellites on launch #43 in the year 2002 (2002-09-12 UTC)

PSLV R/B, 27526 (Decayed)

KALPANA 1 (METSAT 1) Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
1440 mins	2025-05-11 03:02:40.145Z	134.814° SE	2025-05-11 22:19:40.145Z	134.771° SE	37.187°	2025-05-12 03:02:40.145Z	142.454° SSE

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