IMS-1
| Mission type | ISRO |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2008-021D[1] |
| SATCAT no. | 32786 |
| 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 | 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
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
- Indian Remote Sensing satellite
- List of Indian satellites
References
- ^ IMS-1
- ^ a b c d 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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