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	97.952°
Eccentricity	0.00583
RA ascending node	15.144 hr
Argument perigee	55.846°
Mean anomaly	304.827°
Orbital period	95.646 min
Epoch of osculation	21 Aug 2025, 14:38

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	516.6 km
Mean Altitude	556.9 km
Peak Altitude	597.3 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