● ORBIT ING-NOW

SSTL

NORAD 43618 · COSPAR 2018-071A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #44369 @ 560 x 577 km x 97.4755 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-02 21:27 UTC · 16.8 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
Trend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// onowactive
SSTL S1-4
1 43618U 18071A 26306.89418321 .00000489 00000-0 44365-4 0 09999
2 43618 97.4755 172.7810 0012199 134.8278 225.3939 14.99488323443692
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
September 16th 2018
Spacecraft age
8 years, 1 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Launch vehicle
PSLV
Contractor
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
Launch mass
440 kg
Power
—

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.4755°
Period
96.03 min
Perigee
560 km
Apogee
577 km
Eccentricity
0.0012199
RAAN
172.781°
Arg of Perigee
134.8278°
Mean Motion
14.99488323 rev/d