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 0.00135
RA ascending node 12.435 hr
Argument perigee 317.086°
Mean anomaly 53.795°
Orbital period 103.066 min
Epoch of osculation 10 May 2026, 10:51

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 900.9 km
Mean Altitude 910.8 km
Peak Altitude 920.6 km

Launched alongside

SL-3 R/B

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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