Latitude
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M3MSAT
NORAD 41605 · COSPAR 2016-040G · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
M3MSAT reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 10 months ago).
Orbit: #52974 @ 135 x 146 km x 97.0276 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2025-12-19 12:24 UTC · 7309.5 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
M3MSAT
1 41605U 16040G 25353.51682543 .11453613 24279-5 13983-3 0 9999
2 41605 97.0276 23.8359 0008747 238.4233 121.6219 16.49580729529740
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 41605U 16040G 25353.51682543 .11453613 24279-5 13983-3 0 9999
2 41605 97.0276 23.8359 0008747 238.4233 121.6219 16.49580729529740
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
June 22nd 2016
Spacecraft age
10 years, 3 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)/Canadian Space Agency
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Launch vehicle
PSLV XL
Contractor
Com Dev International (Honeywell Canada)
Launch mass
85 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.0276°
Period
87.29 min
Perigee
135 km
Apogee
146 km
Eccentricity
0.0008747
RAAN
23.8359°
Arg of Perigee
238.4233°
Mean Motion
16.49580729 rev/d