PERUSAT 1

NORAD 41770· COSPAR 2016-058A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Sep 16, 2016 from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), French Guiana aboard a Vega.

Vega | PerúSAT-1 / SkySat 4-7 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:06 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

—

Country

Peru

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Sep 16, 2016

Mass

—

Apogee

703 km

Perigee

701 km

Inclination

98.20°

Period

1.64 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for PERUSAT 1 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

701 × 703 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2016-058 (Vega | PerúSAT-1 / SkySat 4-7).

SKYSAT-C4 · 41771
SKYSAT-C5 · 41772
SKYSAT-C2 · 41773
SKYSAT-C3 · 41774

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