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CARTOSAT-2C
High-Resolution Mapping · ISRO
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India's latest generation mapping satellite, Cartosat-2C provides sub-meter imagery supporting India's digital infrastructure and defense mapping. When launched, it accompanied a record 19 co-passengers on a single PSLV — demonstrating ISRO's commercial launch capability that helped establish India as a competitive small satellite launch provider.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 314–322 mi (506–519 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 94.7 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41599
- Int’l designator
- 2016-040A
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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