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NORSAT 1
Norwegian AIS + Solar Science Satellite · Norwegian Space Agency
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NorSat-1, a Norwegian satellite combining AIS ship-tracking with a novel science instrument studying the total solar energy received by Earth — a genuinely dual-purpose spacecraft serving both maritime domain awareness and climate science simultaneously.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 323–330 mi (519–531 km)
- Inclination
- 97.5°
- One orbit
- 95.0 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 42826
- Int’l designator
- 2017-042B
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
More communications
- NORSAT 2Norwegian Maritime Communications Satellite
- O3B FM10Medium Earth Orbit Broadband (O3B Constellation)
- O3B FM11Medium Earth Orbit Broadband (O3B Constellation)
- O3B FM12Medium Earth Orbit Broadband (O3B Constellation)
- O3B FM13Medium Earth Orbit Broadband (O3B Constellation)
- O3B FM14Medium Earth Orbit Broadband (O3B Constellation)