Cartosat-2B & Rideshares

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:52:00

Monday July 12, 2010

Mission Details

STUDSAT

Wiki

StudSat is a CubeSat satellite designed by students. This project was conceptualised and project managed by undergraduate students across India.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

1 kilograms

ALSAT-2A

Wiki

EADS Astrium signed in February 2006 a contract with the Algerian National Space Technology Centre (CNTS) for the development of the ALSAT-2 system, which consists of two optical observation satellites. ALSAT-2 is the first Earth observation satellite system from the AstroSat-100 family to be built using the Myriade platform.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

117 kilograms

TIsat-1

Wiki

Students and staff of SUPSI-DTI have designed and built the first Swiss all-SUP-made student-class satellite, TIsat 1.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

1 kilograms

Cartosat-2B

Wiki

CARTOSAT 2B is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit and the fourth of the Cartosat series of satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

694 kilograms

AISSat-1

Wiki

AISSat-1 is a satellite used to receive Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

7 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

First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

25 days 5 hours

Stats

PSLV


17th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2010

Indian Space Research Organisation


31st

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2010

2010


37th

Orbital launch attempt