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	97.963°
Eccentricity	0.00563
RA ascending node	6.406 hr
Argument perigee	27.984°
Mean anomaly	332.439°
Orbital period	95.543 min
Epoch of osculation	31 Mar 2026, 06:27

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	513.0 km
Mean Altitude	552.0 km
Peak Altitude	591.0 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