Cartosat-2, SRE-1 & Rideshares

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:54:00

Wednesday January 10, 2007

Mission Details

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Launch Notes

First flight of hardware upgrade, first launch of reentry capsule (SRE).

LAPAN-TUBsat

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Lapan- TUBSat is Indonesia’s first remote sensing satellite, made by the experts from National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional, Lapan) and Technical University Berlin (TUB) Germany. The uses of the satellite are for Indonesian natural resources observation and weather forecast for the Indonesian area.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

56 kilograms

Cartosat-2

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Cartosat-2 is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit and the second of the Cartosat series of satellites. The satellite was built, launched, and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation. Weighing around 680 kg at launch, its applications will mainly be towards cartography in India.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

684 kilograms

SRE-1

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The Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SCRE or more commonly SRE or SRE-1) is an Indian experimental spacecraft from Sriharikota by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It remained in orbit for 12 days before re-entering the Earth's atmosphere and splashing down into the Bay of Bengal at 04:16 UTC on January 22.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

550 kilograms

PEHUENSAT-1

Small sat.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

6 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
PSLV-G

Active 1993 to 2016

Indian Space Research Organisation logo

Agency

ISRO

Price

$25.00 million

Rocket

Height: 44.5m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 3,250 kg

GTO: 1,410 kg

Liftoff Thrust

6,887 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.2m

Height: 8.3m

Stages

4

Strap-ons

6

Launch Site

First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

25 days 5 hours

Stats

PSLV


10th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2007

Indian Space Research Organisation


22nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2007

2007


1st

Orbital launch attempt