GSAT 18, 41793
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GSAT 18, 41793 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 05 Oct 2016 UTC via an ARIANE 5ECA launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). 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
Orbit
Country
IN / INDRelated business
Manufacturer
ISRO SAC/Banga
Mission
Operational Civil Communications
Bus & Motor
I3K, ISRO LAM
Mass
3,404 kg wet, ~1,200 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 7.8 m
Radar Cross Section
13.026 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago
TLE from 6 hours ago
0 GSAT 18
1 41793U 16060A 26305.81447023 -.00000084 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994
2 41793 0.0431 83.1388 0002968 71.5492 253.6334 1.00270704 36903Epoch: 2026-11-01T19:32Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-01T19:32:50.227Z)
Latitude
-0.02162°
Longitude
73.95564°
Altitude
35,789.96 km
Speed
3.074 km/s
True Right ascension
03h 13m 03s
True Declination
0° 01' 18"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
21:06:32
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,800.483 km
Perigee altitude
35,775.453 km
Semi-major axis
42,166.105 km
Eccentricity
0.0003
Inclination
0.0431°
RAAN
83.1388°
Arg. of periapsis
71.5492°
True anomaly
253.60077°
Mean anomaly
253.6334°
Eccentric anomaly
253.61709°
Mean motion
0.25067 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.17 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #60 in the year 2016 (2016-10-05 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.GSAT 18 Visibility
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