Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
ScatSat-1
SCATSAT-1 (Scatterometer Satellite-1) is a miniature satellite providing weather forecasting, cyclone prediction, and tracking services to India. It has been developed by ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore whereas its payload was developed by Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad. The satellite replaced Oceansat-2 which became dysfunctional after its life span of four-and-a-half years. India was dependent on NASA's ISS-RapidScat for prediction of cyclone forecasting and weather prediction. The data generated by this mini-satellite will be used by NASA, EUMETSAT and NOAA.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 371.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Rideshares
Seven small payloads were rideshares on the ScatSat-1 launch:
- AlSat 1B & 2B
- BlackSky Pathfinder 1
- Pratham
- PISat
- AlSar-Nano
- CanX 7
Payloads: 7
Total Mass: 280.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Stats
2016
60th orbital launch attempt
Indian Space Research Organisation
56th mission
6th mission of 2016
44th successful mission
24th consecutive successful mission
PSLV
37th mission
5th mission of 2016
35th successful mission
33rd consecutive successful mission