Status
Success
IRS-P4, DLR-Tubsat, & Kitsat-3
Wed May 26, 1999 06:22 UTC
Second operational launch of the PSLV program.
Rocket
Mission Details
IRS-P4 (Oceansat-1)
OceanSat-1 or IRS-P4 is the first Indian satellite built specifically for Ocean applications. It is a part of the Indian Remote Sensing satellite series. The satellite carried an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) for oceanographic studies.
DLR-Tubsat
DLR-Tubsat (aka TUBSAT) was a German remote-sensing microsatellite, developed in a joint venture between the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). TUB was responsible for the satellite bus and DLR was responsible for the payload.
Kitsat-3
Kitsat-3 was a South Korean remote sensing minisatellite that carried MEIS (Multispectral Earth Imaging System) and SENSE (Space ENvironment Scientific Experiment) instruments to Low Earth orbit.