RISAT-1
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Radar Imaging Satellite 1 or RISAT-1, was an Indian remote sensing satellite built and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The second RISAT satellite to be launched, it used a C-band 5.35 GHz synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) for Earth observation.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- RISAT-1
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Radar Imaging Satellite-1
- Spaceflight.image
- Render_of_Radar_Imaging_Satellite_RISAT-1_in_deployed_configuration.png
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Render of RISAT-1 satellite
- Spaceflight.image_size
- 300px
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Earth observationRadar imaging satellite
- Spaceflight.operator
- ISRO
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2012-017A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 38248
- Spaceflight.website
- https://www.isro.gov.in/
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 5 years (planned)4 years (achieved)
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- RISAT
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Indian Space Research Organisation
- Spaceflight.power
- 2.2 kW
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 26 April 2012, 00:17 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL, PSLV-C19
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad (FLP)
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Indian Space Research Organisation
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Satellite description
- Instrument
- Mission history
- Launch
- Incidents
- End of mission
- References
Radar Imaging Satellite 1 or RISAT-1, was an Indian remote sensing satellite built and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The second RISAT satellite to be launched, it used a C-band 5.35 GHz synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) for Earth observation.
The launch of RISAT-1 came several years after that of RISAT-2, which carried an Israeli-built X-band radar. The RISAT-2 mission was prioritised over RISAT-1 following the 2008 Mumbai attacks, resulting in RISAT-1 being delayed by several years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “RISAT-1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.