LEO 1 (LEO VANTAGE 1)

NORAD 43113· COSPAR 2018-004C· Active satellite· Communications· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jan 12, 2018 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, India aboard a PSLV XL.

PSLV XL | Cartosat-2F (Cartosat-2S4) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 05:13 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Telesat

Country

United States

Manufacturer

Surrey Satellite Technology

Launched

Jan 12, 2018

Mass

168 kg

Apogee

916 km

Perigee

425 km

Inclination

99.24°

Period

1.63 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for LEO 1 (LEO VANTAGE 1) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.8 km

Rate

-0.02 km/day

Now

426 × 916 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

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2018-004 (PSLV XL | Cartosat-2F (Cartosat-2S4)).

CARTOSAT-2F · 43111

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