NORAD 43619

NOVASAR 1

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
Tap to zoom and pan
Computing position…
Blue circle: where it is above the horizon now

Time

Local time
-
-

Position

Latitude
-
Longitude
-
Altitude
-

Speed

Miles per hour
-
Kilometers per second
-
Miles per second
-

From your location

Azimuth
-
Elevation
-
Right ascension
-
Declination
-
Local sidereal time
-

Sunlight

Day / night
-

Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 96 minutes, on an orbit tilted 97.5° from the equator, between 521 and 536 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live

About NOVASAR 1

NOVASAR 1 is a satellite from the United Kingdom, launched on Sep 16, 2018 from Sirharikota.

It circles Earth every 96 minutes (15.0 times a day), between 577 and 579 km up, on an orbit tilted 97.5° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 83° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

NovaSAR-S · satellite

Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 21 days its lowest point went from 577 km to 577 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
576577578579580

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.