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CARTOSAT 2C, 41599

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CARTOSAT 2C, 41599 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 22 Jun 2016 UTC via a PSLV-XL 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

41599, 2016-040A

Orbit

SSO

Country

IN / IND

Related business

Indian Space Research Organization (IN)

Manufacturer

ISRO

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

IRS-2, AOCS

Mass

727 kg wet, ~600 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-06-22 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PSLV-XL

Launch site

Sirharikota (SRI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Cyl + 2 Pan, 3.0 m

Radar Cross Section

8.699 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 6 hours ago

TLE from 6 hours ago

0 CARTOSAT 2C
1 41599U 16040A   26037.84679115  .00007191  00000-0  34484-3 0  9992
2 41599  97.4663  99.4945 0008906 229.6786 130.3671 15.19169777533924

Epoch: 2026-02-06T20:19Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-06T20:19:22.755Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

17.67089°

Altitude

515.412 km

Speed

7.604 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 37m 58s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

04:39:01

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

511.448 km

Perigee altitude

499.188 km

Semi-major axis

6,883.455 km

Eccentricity

0.00089

Inclination

97.4663°

RAAN

99.4945°

Arg. of periapsis

229.6786°

True anomaly

130.4448°

Mean anomaly

130.3671°

Eccentric anomaly

130.40596°

Mean motion

3.80044 °/min

Orbital period

94.73 mins

BSTAR

0.00034484

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Other satellites on launch #40 in the year 2016 (2016-06-22 UTC)

SKYSAT C1, 41601

PSLV R/B, 41620 (Decayed)

SATHYABAMASAT, 41600 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 1, 41617 (Decayed)

LAPAN A3, 41603

FLOCK 2P 4, 41611 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 5, 41616 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 6, 41606 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 3, 41618 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 12, 41614 (Decayed)

PSLV DEB, 41621 (Decayed)

BEESAT 4, 41619 (Decayed)

SWAYAM, 41607 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 11, 41608 (Decayed)

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CARTOSAT 2C 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.
6 mins	2026-02-07 04:21:33.829Z	190.249° SSW	2026-02-07 04:23:33.829Z	232.554° WSW	35.755°	2026-02-07 04:27:33.829Z	336.443° NNW
5 mins	2026-02-07 17:26:33.829Z	341.833° N	2026-02-07 17:28:33.829Z	295.769° NW	27.863°	2026-02-07 17:31:33.829Z	228.135° WSW

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CARTOSAT 2C, 41599

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-06T20:19:22.755Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #40 in the year 2016 (2016-06-22 UTC)

CARTOSAT 2C Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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