AFR-1

NORAD 56964· COSPAR 2023-084AJ· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jun 12, 2023 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:45 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

ISRO

Country

India

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jun 12, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

490 km

Perigee

474 km

Inclination

97.64°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

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

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.3 km

Rate

-0.02 km/day

Now

474 × 490 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

16 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-084 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).

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