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Oceansat-2 & Rideshares
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
06:21:00
Wednesday September 23, 2009
Mission Details
Launch Notes
Rubin 9.1 and 9.2 intentionally remained attached to the fourth stage. SwissCube-1 was the first Swiss satellite, and ITUpSAT1 was the first satellite to be constructed in Turkey.
Rubin 9.1 & Rubin 9.2
Rubin 9.1 and Rubin 9.2 are German experimental satellites (2 x 8kg - attached to PS4)
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
2 Payloads
16 kilograms
SwissCube-1
SwissCube-1 is a Swiss satellite operated by Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The spacecraft is a single-unit CubeSat, which was designed to conduct research into nightglow within the Earth's atmosphere and to develop technology for future spacecraft.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1 kilograms
BeeSat
Small communication satellite.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1 kilograms
Oceansat-2
Oceansat-2 is an Indian satellite designed to provide service continuity for operational users of the Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) instrument on Oceansat-1.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
960 kilograms
ITUpSAT1
ITUpSAT1, short for Istanbul Technical University picoSatellite-1) is a single CubeSat built by the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Istanbul Technical University.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1 kilograms
UWE-2
The University Würzburg's Experimental satellite 2 (UWE-2) is a CubeSat of a length of 10 cm and a mass of 1 kg developed by the University of Würzburg.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1 kilograms
Launch Site
Stats
PSLV
16th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2009
Indian Space Research Organisation
29th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2009
2009
54th
Orbital launch attempt