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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: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 CARTOSAT 2C
1 41599U 16040A   26251.31280852  .00002252  00000-0  11011-3 0  9992
2 41599  97.4408 310.1088 0008456 196.0848 164.0119 15.19226563566337

Epoch: 2026-09-08T07:30Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-08T07:30:26.656Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-149.88328°

Altitude

516.865 km

Speed

7.602 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 40m 26s

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

07:21:02

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

510.966 km

Perigee altitude

499.325 km

Semi-major axis

6,883.282 km

Eccentricity

0.00085

Inclination

97.4408°

RAAN

310.1088°

Arg. of periapsis

196.0848°

True anomaly

164.03856°

Mean anomaly

164.0119°

Eccentric anomaly

164.02523°

Mean motion

3.80058 °/min

Orbital period

94.72 mins

BSTAR

0.00011011

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

LAPAN A3, 41603

BIROS, 41604 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 11, 41608 (Decayed)

SWAYAM, 41607 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 7, 41615 (Decayed)

SATHYABAMASAT, 41600 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 3, 41618 (Decayed)

SKYSAT C1, 41601

M3MSAT, 41605 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 6, 41606 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 5, 41616 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 9, 41610 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 4, 41611 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2P 8, 41613 (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.
4 mins	2026-09-08 15:59:43.842Z	55.016° ENE	2026-09-08 16:01:43.842Z	90.65° ESE	17.649°	2026-09-08 16:03:43.842Z	128.542° SE
5 mins	2026-09-08 17:33:43.842Z	335.957° NNW	2026-09-08 17:35:43.842Z	290.84° WNW	27.119°	2026-09-08 17:38:43.842Z	232.078° WSW
5 mins	2026-09-09 04:11:43.842Z	177.819° S	2026-09-09 04:13:43.842Z	228.989° WSW	69.063°	2026-09-09 04:16:43.842Z	341.595° N

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CARTOSAT 2C, 41599

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-08T07:30:26.656Z)

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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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