India's Mars Mission among top five most tracked satellites

It is interesting to note that two more Indian satellites are on the top 50 list

India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is one of the most tracked satellites in the World, according to N2YO, which provides web-based realtime satellite mapping tools.

According to the website, MOM, which was launched on November 5 by India, was the fourth most tracked sattelite globally. It is also interesting to note, two more Indian satellites are on the top 50 list.

According to the mapping, as on Saturday afternoon at 1.50 pm the spacecraft was somewhere flying over Oman.

Early morning today MOM crossed one more milestone by successfully completing its third orbit raising manouever.

The website www.n2yo.com listed out top 50 most tracked satellites based on user activity for past 12 hours.

The most tracked satellite was GOSAT (IBUKI), which was launched by Japan in 2009. The Ibuki (GOSAT) satellite is equipped with a greenhouse gas observation sensor (TANSO-FTS) and a cloud/aerosol sensor (TANSO-CAI) that supplements TANSO-FTS.

This was followed by European Space Agency's (ESA') GOCE, launched in 2009, a slender, winged ion-driven satellite launched to glide through the upper atmosphere for nearly two years measuring Earth's gravity field with unprecedented precision. GOCE data will also provide a new understanding of tectonic activity that could lead to better forecasts of earthquakes and volcanoes.

The third most tracked satellite was ISS (ZARYA), launched in 1998 by International Space Station, consist of US, Russian Federation, Japan, Canada and Europe.

The other two Indian satellites, which managed to get in top lists include GSAT 7, which is 11th most tracked satellites. The satellite, also known as INSAT 4F, was the 17th Indian satellite launched by Arianespace in August 2013. It relays communications between Indian naval vessels and military commanders using UHF, S-band, C-band and Ku-band transponders. Positioned over the equator at 74 degrees longitude, GSAT 7 will cover the Indian subcontinent and neighboring waters.

Then INSAT 3D is an Indian meteorological satellite, launched in July 2013. This satellite is on the 46th position among the top 50 most tracked satellites in the World.

TOP 50 list of the most tracked satellites based on user activity for past 12 hours
Position	Name	Description	Launched
1	GOSAT (IBUKI)	The Ibuki (GOSAT) satellite is equipped with a greenhouse gas observation sensor (TANSO-FTS)	1/23/2009
2	GOCE	GOCE is a slender, winged ion-driven satellite launched to glide through the upper atmosphere	3/17/2009
3	ISS (ZARYA)	The International Space Station (ISS) is a joint project of five space agencies	11/20/1998
4	MARS ORBITER MISSION	MARS ORBITER MISSION is the first Indian mission to Mars.	11/5/2013
5	OLYMPIC TORCH	A Soyuz rocket carrying the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch has arrived at the International Space Station,.	11/7/2013
6	SOYUZ-TMA 11M	SOYUZ-TMA 11M carries a crew of three and an Olympic torch bound for the International Space Station...	11/7/2013
7	GOES 15	GOES 15 (GOES-P) is an American weather satellite	3/4/2010
8	GOES 12	GOES 12 is an American geosynchronous weather satellite	7/23/2001
9	DIRECTV 1R	First commercial launch by Sea Launch consortium	10/10/1999
10	SIRIUS FM-6	Sirius FM6 will become the 10th satellite in the company's space network	10/25/2013
11	GSAT-7 (INSAT 4F)	GSAT 7 will relay communications between Indian naval vessels and military commanders	8/29/2013
12	NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242)	NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242) will become the fourth member with the latest enhancements to increase accuracy...	5/15/2013
13	HST	The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was the first and flagship mission of NASA's Great Observatories pr...	4/24/1990
14	ASTRA 2E	ASTRA 2E, built by Astrium Satellites in France and based on the Eurostar E3000 platform, is designe...	9/29/2013