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	97.959°
Eccentricity	0.00567
RA ascending node	23.148 hr
Argument perigee	23.532°
Mean anomaly	336.848°
Orbital period	95.587 min
Epoch of osculation	15 Dec 2025, 22:47

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	514.9 km
Mean Altitude	554.1 km
Peak Altitude	593.4 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