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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
06:22:00
Wednesday May 26, 1999
Second operational launch of the PSLV program.
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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
110 kilograms
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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
45 kilograms
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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1,036 kilograms
5th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1999
13th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1999
30th
Orbital launch attempt