Satellite Profile
SARAL
SSO
ACTIVE
Aging
Identity
- COSPAR
- 2013-009A
- NORAD
- 39086
- Country
- IN
- Operator
- ISRO/CNES
- Manufacturer
- ISAC
- Discipline
- EO
Orbit
- Altitude
- 782.3 km
- Perigee
- 781.7 km
- Apogee
- 783.0 km
- Inclination
- 98.55°
- Period
- 100.50 min
- TLE Epoch
- 2026-02-26 16:01:52
Mission & Payload
SARAL is a India satellite operated by ISRO/CNES for eo objectives. It is currently classified as active in SSO orbit, with latest orbital epoch 2026-02-24 17:06:14 from open catalog sources.
- Sensor Type
- SAR
- Resolution
- 1 m
- Spectral Bands
- C-band SAR
- Swath Width
- 25 km
- Processing Level
- L1/L2 (open-data inferred)
- Users
- —
Launch & Governance
- Launch Date
- 2013-02-25
- Launch Vehicle
- S39093
- 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 17:06:14. Metadata date: 2026-02-25. Payload quality fields include open-data heuristic estimates. Last derived at: 2026-02-25.