Launch Details

Launched	21 October 2001
Flight ended	–
Status	Operational
Categories	Engineering Active satellites
Launch site	Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India (Formerly Sriharikota Launching Range)
Owner	European Space Agency
NORAD ID	26958
COSPAR ID	2001-049B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	97.960°
Eccentricity	0.00537
RA ascending node	9.731 hr
Argument perigee	222.058°
Mean anomaly	137.651°
Orbital period	95.530 min
Epoch of osculation	18 May 2026, 11:09

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	514.2 km
Mean Altitude	551.4 km
Peak Altitude	588.6 km

Launched alongside

TES BIRD 2 PSLV R/B PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB PSLV DEB