Satellite · NORAD 28649 · COSPAR 2005-017A
IRS-P5 (CARTOSAT-1)
- Operator India
- Constellation —
- Country India
Altitude now
598.1km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.56km/s
Inclination
97.53°
Period
96.6 min
96.6 min
Perigee
592km
Apogee
596km
orbit agingOrbit updated 36 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 15:25 UTC (16.9 h old)· Metadata updated 36 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.
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- Latitude
- 7.245° S
- Longitude
- 23.298° W
- Altitude
- 598.1 km
- Velocity
- 7.560 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 15:25 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- IND · India
- Country
- India IN
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 05 May 2005
- COSPAR launch id
- 2005-017
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
Objects from the same launch · 5
- PSLV DEB28652DebrisDecayed
- PSLV DEB28653DebrisDecayed
- PSLV DEB38842DebrisInactive
- HAMSAT (VO-52)28650PayloadUnknown
- PSLV R/B28651Rocket bodyInactive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → IN | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → IND | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 34 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 46 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 12 Sept 2026 07:07 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
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
- 28649
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2005-017A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM26B
- Canonical slug
- irs-p5-cartosat-1-28649
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.