Satellite Profile
Cartosat-1
SSO
ACTIVE
Aging
Identity
- COSPAR
- 2005-017A
- NORAD
- 28649
- Country
- IN
- Operator
- ISRO
- Manufacturer
- ISRO
- Discipline
- EO
Orbit
- Altitude
- 595.7 km
- Perigee
- 593.9 km
- Apogee
- 597.5 km
- Inclination
- 97.54°
- Period
- 96.60 min
- TLE Epoch
- 2026-02-26 14:49:53
Mission & Payload
Cartosat-1 is a India satellite operated by ISRO for eo objectives. It is currently classified as active in SSO orbit, with latest orbital epoch 2026-02-24 14:30:09 from open catalog sources.
- Sensor Type
- OPTICAL
- Resolution
- 0.65 m
- Spectral Bands
- Panchromatic + multispectral
- Swath Width
- 10 km
- Processing Level
- L1/L2 (open-data inferred)
- Users
- —
Launch & Governance
- Launch Date
- 2005-05-05
- Launch Vehicle
- S28651
- Launch Site
- —
- Expected Lifetime
- —
- Constraints
- NSDI: Priced data per Indian Space Policy 2023
- Lineage
- Identification sources: GCAT, CELESTRAK. Latest orbital epoch from Celestrak: 2026-02-24 14:30:09. Metadata date: 2026-02-25. Payload quality fields include open-data heuristic estimates. Last derived at: 2026-02-25.