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CARTOSAT 2D, 41948

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CARTOSAT 2D, 41948 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 15 Feb 2017 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

41948, 2017-008A

Orbit

SSO

Country

IN / IND

Related business

Indian Space Research Organization (IN)

Manufacturer

ISRO

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

IRS-2, AOCS

Mass

714 kg wet, 639 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-02-15 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PSLV-XL

Launch site

Sirharikota (SRI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Cyl + 2 Pan, 4.0 m

Radar Cross Section

9.780 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 CARTOSAT 2D
1 41948U 17008A   25258.24368139  .00007220  00000-0  34581-3 0  9995
2 41948  97.4522 317.0165 0005710 119.4086 240.7719 15.19228511475834

Epoch: 2025-09-15T05:50Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-15T05:50:54.072Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-125.15992°

Altitude

513.181 km

Speed

7.606 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 08m 03s

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

08:02:07

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

509.07 km

Perigee altitude

501.209 km

Semi-major axis

6,883.277 km

Eccentricity

0.00057

Inclination

97.4522°

RAAN

317.0165°

Arg. of periapsis

119.4086°

True anomaly

240.71482°

Mean anomaly

240.7719°

Eccentric anomaly

240.74336°

Mean motion

3.80058 °/min

Orbital period

94.72 mins

BSTAR

0.00034581

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FLOCK 3P 73, 41981 (Decayed)

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FLOCK 3P 85, 41983 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3P 79, 41984 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3P 86, 41985 (Decayed)

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CARTOSAT 2D 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	2025-09-15 15:55:13.622Z	59.853° ENE	2025-09-15 15:57:13.622Z	95.255° ESE	15.061°	2025-09-15 15:59:13.622Z	129.473° SE
5 mins	2025-09-15 17:29:13.622Z	335.528° NNW	2025-09-15 17:31:13.622Z	283.682° WNW	26.592°	2025-09-15 17:34:13.622Z	226.964° WSW
5 mins	2025-09-16 04:07:13.622Z	172.638° S	2025-09-16 04:09:13.622Z	239.843° WSW	44.589°	2025-09-16 04:12:13.622Z	345.091° N

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CARTOSAT 2D, 41948

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-15T05:50:54.072Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #8 in the year 2017 (2017-02-15 UTC)

CARTOSAT 2D Visibility forecast

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