Cartosat-2A & Rideshares

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:53:00

Monday April 28, 2008

Mission Details

CanX-6/NTS

Wiki

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

7 kilograms

Cute-1.7+APD II

Wiki

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

3 kilograms

Delfi-C3

Wiki

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

2 kilograms

SEEDS-2

Wiki

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

1 kilograms

COMPASS-1

Wiki

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

1 kilograms

AAUSAT-II

Wiki

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

1 kilograms

RUBIN-8

Wiki

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

7 kilograms

Cartosat-2A

Wiki

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

690 kilograms

IMS-1/TWSAT

Wiki

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

83 kilograms

CanX-2

Wiki

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

4 kilograms

Rocket

Active
PSLV-CA

Active Since 2007

Indian Space Research Organisation logo

Agency

ISRO

Price

$21.00 million

Rocket

Height: 44m

Liftoff Thrust

4,847 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.2m

Height: 8.3m

Stages

4

Launch Site

Second Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

31 days

Stats

PSLV


13th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2008

Indian Space Research Organisation


26th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2008

2008


21st

Orbital launch attempt