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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   25129.51234994  .00006078  00000-0  29145-3 0  9990
2 41599  97.4250 190.2045 0012918 100.2655 260.0037 15.19189718492427

Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:17Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:17:47.034Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

138.1911°

Altitude

512.933 km

Speed

7.606 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 40m 49s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

76.08291°

Longitude

106.99276°

Altitude

512.926 km

Speed

7.619 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

15h 27m 57s

Apparent Declination

26° 53' 09"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

04:43:42

Azimuth

18.048° NNE

Elevation

-20.91°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

514.148 km

Perigee altitude

496.364 km

Semi-major axis

6,883.393 km

Eccentricity

0.0012918

Inclination

97.425°

RAAN

190.2045°

Arg. of periapsis

100.2655°

True anomaly

259.85796°

Mean anomaly

260.0037°

Eccentric anomaly

259.93083°

Mean motion

3.80049 °/min

BSTAR

0.00029145

Orbital period

94.72 mins

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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	2025-05-10 04:13:32.912Z	177.998° S	2025-05-10 04:16:32.912Z	239.606° WSW	41.609°	2025-05-10 04:19:32.912Z	339.115° N
5 mins	2025-05-10 17:19:32.912Z	342.89° N	2025-05-10 17:21:32.912Z	280.603° WNW	32.569°	2025-05-10 17:24:32.912Z	218.373° SW

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