NUDTSAT

NORAD 42787 · COSPAR 2017-036Y · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

NUDTSAT reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).

Orbit: #33079 @ 172 x 190 km x 97.1162 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2023-05-30 09:00 UTC Â· 29776.1 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

Trend: —

Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

NUDTSAT
1 42787U 17036Y 23150.37527266 .08094306 23455-5 11953-2 0 9999
2 42787 97.1162 199.3051 0013837 253.4226 106.5552 16.34246787330794

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

June 23rd 2017

Spacecraft age

9 years, 3 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

National University of Defense Technology

Purpose

Earth Science

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Launch vehicle

PSLV

Contractor

National University of Defense Technology

Launch mass

5 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.1162Â°

Period

88.11 min

Perigee

172 km

Apogee

190 km

Eccentricity

0.0013837

RAAN

199.3051Â°

Arg of Perigee

253.4226Â°

Mean Motion

16.34246787 rev/d