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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

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

Indian Space Research Organization (IN / IND)

Manufacturer

ISRO

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

IRS-2, AOCS

Mass

727 kg wet, ~600 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-06-22 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PSLV-XL

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 8 hours ago

0 CARTOSAT 2C
1 41599U 16040A   25182.20308772  .00003407  00000-0  16451-3 0  9990
2 41599  97.4210 241.9965 0010467 271.5328  88.4708 15.19292842500424

Epoch: 2025-07-01T04:52Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-01T04:52:26.779Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

-110.617°

Altitude

510.881 km

Speed

7.609 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 07m 59s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

14.61322°

Longitude

-112.22621°

Altitude

512.117 km

Speed

7.608 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

14h 32m 55s

Apparent Declination

-12° 43' 10"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:29:21

Azimuth

306.328° NW

Elevation

-51.565°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

512.148 km

Perigee altitude

497.739 km

Semi-major axis

6,883.081 km

Eccentricity

0.00105

Inclination

97.421°

RAAN

241.9965°

Arg. of periapsis

271.5328°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

88.4708°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.80075 °/min

Orbital period

94.72 mins

BSTAR

0.00016451

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

SATHYABAMASAT, 41600 (Decayed)

SKYSAT C1, 41601

GHGSAT-D, 41602 (Decayed)

LAPAN A3, 41603

BIROS, 41604

M3MSAT, 41605

FLOCK 2P 6, 41606 (Decayed)

SWAYAM, 41607 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 11, 41608 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 2, 41609 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 9, 41610 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 4, 41611 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 10, 41612 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 8, 41613 (Decayed)

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	2025-07-01 16:30:30.747Z	29.363° NE	2025-07-01 16:33:30.747Z	106.657° ESE	34.902°	2025-07-01 16:36:30.747Z	170.551° S
4 mins	2025-07-02 04:43:30.747Z	220.866° SW	2025-07-02 04:45:30.747Z	268.927° W	23.916°	2025-07-02 04:47:30.747Z	311.896° NW

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