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CARTOSAT-3
Very High Resolution Imaging · ISRO
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India's sharpest satellite achieves 25 cm resolution — comparable to US commercial leaders WorldView and Pleiades. Cartosat-3 represents India's arrival at the elite tier of very high resolution imaging, supporting defense mapping, urban planning, and disaster response at a level previously requiring foreign commercial imagery purchases.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 313–323 mi (504–520 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 94.7 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 44804
- Int’l designator
- 2019-081A
- Launched
- 2019
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.