NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cartosat-2A & Rideshares

Launch Time
Mon Apr 28, 2008 03:53 UTC

Rocket

PSLV-CA
ISRO
Status: Active
Price: $21.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,847 kN
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 44.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.2 m
Fairing Height: 8.3 m

Mission Details

Cartosat-2A

Cartosat-2A is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit and the third of the Cartosat series of satellites. The satellite is the thirteenth satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series to be built, launched, and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 690.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

IMS-1/TWSAT

IMS-1 is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit. The satellite which is the fourteenth satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series has been built, launched, and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). IMS-1 is the first satellite to use ISRO's Indian Mini Satellite bus.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 83.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

RUBIN-8

RUBIN-8, also known as RUBIN-AIS (Automatic Identification System), is a German space experiment package, built by OHB-System.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

CanX-6/NTS

The CanX-6 (Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiments), a.k.a. NTS (Nanosat tracking Ships), project was started in October 2007 as a collaboration between COM DEV International Ltd. and UTIAS/SFL to develop a 6.5 kg nanosatellite that will serve to demonstrate key elements of COM DEV space-based AIS (Automatic Identification System) detection technology and enable any design changes to be incorporated prior to launching full operational systems. Hence the spacecraft is also known as NTS - the Nanosatellite Tracking Ships.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

CanX-2

The mission of the CanX-2 nanosatellite, weighing 3.5 kilograms, is to evaluate new technologies that will be used on the CanX-4/CanX-5 dual satellite mission in 2009 to demonstrate controlled formation flying in space. It is hoped that this formation flying technology will allow larger missions for high-resolution Earth observation and interferometric imaging that can also be used for space astronomy.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Cute-1.7+APD II

CUTE-1.7 + APD II, or CUTE-1.7+APD 2, is a Japanese nanosatellite that was launched in 2008 as a follow-up to the CUTE-1.7 + APD satellite. It was built and operated by the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Delfi-C3

Delfi-C3 is a CubeSat satellite constructed by students at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

SEEDS-2

The Space Engineering EDucation Satellite 2[1] (SEEDS-2) is a Japanese amateur CubeSat picosatellite, built and operated by Nihon University.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

COMPASS-1

Compass-1 (also known as Compass One) is a German amateur CubeSat picosatellite, built and operated in the late 2000s by Aachen University of Applied Science.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

AAUSAT-II

AAUSAT-II is the second student-built CubeSat built and operated by students from Aalborg University in Denmark.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Stats

2008

21st orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

26th mission
2nd mission of 2008
16th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission

PSLV

13th mission
2nd mission of 2008
11th successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission