GSAT 18, 41793
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GSAT 18, 41793 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 05 Oct 2016 UTC via an ARIANE 5ECA launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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Identifier
Orbit
Country
IN / INDRelated business
Manufacturer
ISRO SAC/Banga
Mission
Operational Civil Communications
Bus & Motor
I3K, ISRO LAM
Mass
3,404 kg wet, ~1,200 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 7.8 m
Radar Cross Section
13.026 m²
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TLE from 14 hours ago
0 GSAT 18
1 41793U 16060A 26096.11618664 -.00000075 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996
2 41793 0.0509 82.0587 0004707 330.1659 257.9734 1.00273025 34807Epoch: 2026-04-06T02:47Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-06T02:47:18.525Z)
Latitude
-0.00578°
Longitude
73.91114°
Altitude
35,789.803 km
Speed
3.074 km/s
True Right ascension
20h 40m 36s
True Declination
0° 00' 21"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
22:51:35
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,807.165 km
Perigee altitude
35,767.47 km
Semi-major axis
42,165.455 km
Eccentricity
0.00047
Inclination
0.0509°
RAAN
82.0587°
Arg. of periapsis
330.1659°
True anomaly
257.92065°
Mean anomaly
257.9734°
Eccentric anomaly
257.94703°
Mean motion
0.25067 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.13 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #60 in the year 2016 (2016-10-05 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.GSAT 18 Visibility
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