Sina-1
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Sina-1 () is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The rocket was also carrying a Russian military Mozhayets-5 satellite, a Chinese China-DMC, a British TopSat, a European Space Agency SSETI Express (Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative-Express), a Norwegian nCube, a German UWE-1, and a Japanese XI-V. Sina-1's Satellite Catalog Number or USSPACECOM object number is 28893.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- Sina-1
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Reconnaissance
- Spaceflight.operator
- ISA
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2005-043D
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 28893
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Production Corporation Polyot
- Spaceflight.launch_mass
- 170 kg
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 27 October 2005, 06:52:26 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Kosmos-3M
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Plesetsk, Site 132/1
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Yuzhnoye
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 3 November 2005
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth
- Spaceflight.orbit_periapsis
- 682 km
- Spaceflight.orbit_apoapsis
- 704 km
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 98.18°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 98.62 minutes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- artificial satellite of the Earth
- Operator
- Iranian Space Agency
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2005-10-27
- space launch vehicle
- Kosmos-3M
- native label
- سینا ۱
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Encyclopedic overview
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- The satellite
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- See also
- Sources
- References
- External links
Sina-1 () is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The rocket was also carrying a Russian military Mozhayets-5 satellite, a Chinese China-DMC, a British TopSat, a European Space Agency SSETI Express (Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative-Express), a Norwegian nCube, a German UWE-1, and a Japanese XI-V. Sina-1's Satellite Catalog Number or USSPACECOM object number is 28893.
In 2003, then-Defense Minister Admiral Ali Shamkhani announced that Iran would launch its first satellite on a locally produced launch vehicle within eighteen months. The plan was to develop a booster based on the Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile.
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