IMS-1
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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]
Mission type | Earth observation |
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Operator | ISRO |
COSPAR ID | 2008-021D[1] |
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 | 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] |
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 alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ IMS-1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 CARTOSAT - 2A Archived 2008-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Trajectory Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ India in multi-satellite launch