CARTOSAT-1
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Cartosat-1 (formerly IRS-P5) is a stereoscopic Earth observation satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit, and the first one of the Cartosat series of satellites. The eleventh satellite of ISRO in Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) series. The satellite was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation and is operated by NTRO. Weighing around 1560 kg at launch, its applications will mainly be towards cartography in India.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- Cartosat-1
- Spaceflight.names_list
- IRS-P5Indian Remote Sensing Satellite-P5
- Spaceflight.image
- Cartosat1Assembly.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Cartosat-1 satellite
- Spaceflight.image_size
- 300px
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Earth observation
- Spaceflight.operator
- NTRO
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2005-017A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 28649
- Spaceflight.website
- https://www.isro.gov.in/
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 5 years (planned)14 years (achieved)
- Spaceflight.spacecraft
- IRS-P5
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- IRS-1
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- ISRO
- Spaceflight.power
- 1100 watts
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 5 May 2005, 04:44:00 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C6)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Second Launch Pad (SLP)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- artificial satellite of the Earth
- Country
- India
- Manufacturer
- Indian Space Research Organisation
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2005-05-05
- type of orbit
- polar orbit
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Launch
- History
- Specifications
- Payload
- Communications
- Optics and detectors
- Imaging capabilities
- Spatial resolution
- Temporal resolution
- Radiometric resolution
- Swath
- See also
- References
- External links
Cartosat-1 (formerly IRS-P5) is a stereoscopic Earth observation satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit, and the first one of the Cartosat series of satellites. The eleventh satellite of ISRO in Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) series. The satellite was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation and is operated by NTRO. Weighing around 1560 kg at launch, its applications will mainly be towards cartography in India.
== Launch == It was launched by PSLV-C6, on 5 May 2005 at 04:44:00 UTC from the newly built Second Launch Pad at Sriharikota. Images from the satellite will be available from GeoEye for worldwide distribution. The satellite covers the entire globe in 1867 orbits on a 126-day cycle. Adjacent paths are covered by a separation of eleven days.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “CARTOSAT-1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.