IMS-1
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Mission type | Earth observation |
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Operator | ISRO |
COSPAR ID | 2008-021D [1] |
SATCAT no. |
32786
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Mission duration | 2 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Launch mass | 83 kilograms (183 lb) |
Power | 220 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 28 April 2008, 03:53 ( 2008-04-28UTC03:53Z ) UTC |
Rocket | PSLV C9 |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan SLP |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth [2] |
Perigee altitude | 630 kilometres (390 mi) [2] |
Apogee altitude | 630 kilometres (390 mi) [2] |
Inclination | degrees |
Period | ~90 minutes (estimated) [2] |
Epoch | 27 April 2008, 23:54:00 UTC [3] |
IMS-1 is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit . The satellite which is the fourteenth satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series has been built, launched and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). IMS-1 is the first satellite to use ISRO's Indian Mini Satellite bus . [4]
It was launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - C9 on April 28, 2008 along with the Cartosat-2A and eight nano research satellites belonging to research facilities in Canada , Denmark , Germany , Japan and the Netherlands . [5]
See also
References
- ↑ IMS-1
- 1 2 3 4 CARTOSAT - 2A Archived 2008-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Trajectory Details" . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . Retrieved 2018-05-01 .
- ↑ "Welcome to ISRO :: Satellites :: Earth Observation Satellite :: IMS-1" . Archived from the original on 2013-12-06 . Retrieved 2014-02-08 .
- ↑ India in multi-satellite launch
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