ISAT
Launch
Launched on Dec 27, 2018 from Cosmodrome Site 1S, Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M.
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kanopus-V No.5 & Kanopus-V No.6 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 19:32 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
DLR
Country
Germany
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 27, 2018
Mass
—
Apogee
311 km
Perigee
301 km
Inclination
97.58°
Period
1.51 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for ISAT across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-20.2 km
Rate
-1.46 km/day
Now
301 × 311 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 2018-111 (Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kanopus-V No.5 & Kanopus-V No.6).
- KANOPUS-V 5 · 43876
- KANOPUS-V 6 · 43877
- UWE-4 · 43880
- GRUS-1A · 43890
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