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CARTOSAT 2A, 32783

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CARTOSAT 2A, 32783 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 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

32783, 2008-021A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

20 hours ago

Origin

Indian Space Research Organization (IN / IND)

Manufacturer

ISRO

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

IRS-2, AOCS

Mass

690 kg wet, ~600 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2008-04-28 (17 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PSLV

Launch site

Sirharikota (SRI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Cyl + 2 Pan, 6 m

Radar Cross Section

6.456 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 20 hours ago

0 CARTOSAT 2A
1 32783U 08021A   25159.71308489  .00000671  00000-0  98216-4 0  9990
2 32783  97.8151 215.1111 0010045 240.2748 119.7465 14.78755466923601

Epoch: 2025-06-08T17:06Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-08T17:06:50.534Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

61.06583°

Altitude

639.778 km

Speed

7.536 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 20m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

26.14279°

Longitude

-114.27576°

Altitude

635.763 km

Speed

7.543 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 00m 41s

Apparent Declination

-12° 03' 06"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:29:53

Azimuth

94.488° ESE

Elevation

-13.56°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

637.334 km

Perigee altitude

623.254 km

Semi-major axis

7,008.431 km

Eccentricity

0.001

Inclination

97.8151°

RAAN

215.1111°

Arg. of periapsis

240.2748°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

119.7465°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.69924 °/min

Orbital period

97.32 mins

BSTAR

0.000098216

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Other satellites on launch #21 in the year 2008 (2008-04-28 UTC)

CANX-6, 32784

CUTE-1.7+APD II, 32785

IMS-1, 32786

COMPASS 1, 32787

AAUSAT CUBESAT 2, 32788 (Decayed)

DELFI C3, 32789 (Decayed)

CANX-2, 32790

SEEDS, 32791

RUBIN 8/PSLV, 32792

PSLV DEB, 32797 (Decayed)

CARTOSAT 2A Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
8 mins	2025-06-09 16:24:42.698Z	16.988° NNE	2025-06-09 16:28:42.698Z	79.08° E	43.301°	2025-06-09 16:32:42.698Z	185.593° SSW
6 mins	2025-06-10 03:21:42.698Z	140.759° SSE	2025-06-10 03:24:42.698Z	49.485° ENE	37.319°	2025-06-10 03:27:42.698Z	0.74° NNE

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