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Satellite · NORAD 38779 · COSPAR 2012-051B

GSAT-10

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

35,785.3km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

0.06°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,763km

Apogee

35,810km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:20 UTC (6.3 h old)· Metadata updated 8 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of GSAT-10GSAT-10
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Latitude
0.025° N
Longitude
82.922° E
Altitude
35785.3 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:20 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
13.8 m²
Constellation membership derived
SBAS / augmentation via celestrak_groupGSAT / INSAT via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • GSAT-10Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
ISRO
SATCAT owner code
IND · India
Country
India IN

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
28 Sept 2012
COSPAR launch id
2012-051

Objects from the same launch · 3

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Constellation Idcon_01M28X1Z9ZMNHAWPJKHMQQC62Dcon_01M28X1ZA0VYMJSMNFKH7XRS3ZCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Constellation Idcon_01M28X1Z9ZMNHAWPJKHMQQC62Dcon_01M28X1ZA0VYMJSMNFKH7XRS3ZCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Owner CodeINDCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassGEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources
  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 8 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Timeline

Events

All events

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
38779
COSPAR / international designator
2012-051B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69S4
Canonical slug
gsat-10-38779

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.