PARS 1

NORAD 59065· COSPAR 2024-039Q· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on Feb 29, 2024 from Cosmodrome Site 1S, Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M.

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Meteor-M No.2-4 & others →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 23:24 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

—

Country

Iran

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Feb 29, 2024

Mass

134 kg

Apogee

435 km

Perigee

422 km

Inclination

97.49°

Period

1.55 h

Altitude history

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

Trend

Decaying

Change

-5.9 km

Rate

-0.06 km/day

Now

422 × 435 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

6 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-039 (Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Meteor-M No.2-4 & others).

METEOR-M2 4 · 59051
SITRO-AIS 25 · 59066
SITRO-AIS 26 · 59067
SITRO-AIS 27 · 59068
SITRO-AIS 28 · 59071
MARAFON-D GVM · 59072

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