Satellite Profile
GSAT-16
GEO
ACTIVE
Aging
Identity
- COSPAR
- 2014-078A
- NORAD
- 40332
- Country
- IN
- Operator
- ISRO
- Manufacturer
- ISAC
- Discipline
- EO
Orbit
- Altitude
- 35786.0 km
- Perigee
- 35768.8 km
- Apogee
- 35803.1 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Period
- 1436.07 min
- TLE Epoch
- 2026-02-26 16:13:38
Mission & Payload
GSAT-16 is a India satellite operated by ISRO for eo objectives. It is currently classified as active in GEO orbit, with latest orbital epoch 2026-02-24 15:35:16 from open catalog sources.
- Sensor Type
- MULTISPECTRAL
- Resolution
- 1000 m
- Spectral Bands
- Meteorological VIS/IR sounder (open-data inferred)
- Swath Width
- 1400 km
- Processing Level
- L1/L2 (open-data inferred)
- Users
- —
Launch & Governance
- Launch Date
- 2014-12-06
- Launch Vehicle
- S40335
- Launch Site
- —
- Expected Lifetime
- —
- Constraints
- Open data, no restrictions
- Lineage
- Identification sources: GCAT, CELESTRAK. Latest orbital epoch from Celestrak: 2026-02-24 15:35:16. Metadata date: 2026-02-25. Payload quality fields include open-data heuristic estimates. Last derived at: 2026-02-25.