Spacecraft information: IRS-1A

Launch Details
Launched 16 March 1988
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner India
NORAD ID 18960
COSPAR ID 1988-021A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 98.853°
Eccentricity 0.00134
RA ascending node 12.828 hr
Argument perigee 298.309°
Mean anomaly 226.511°
Orbital period 103.066 min
Epoch of osculation 16 May 2026, 13:41

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 901.0 km
Mean Altitude 910.8 km
Peak Altitude 920.5 km

Launched alongside

SL-3 R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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