IMS-1
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| IMS-1 (TWSAT) | |
| Organisation | ISRO |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Earth observation |
| Satellite of | Earth |
| Launch date | 28 April 2008, 03:53 GMT |
| Carrier Rocket | PSLV-C9 |
| Launch Site | SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre |
| Mission duration | 2 years |
| NSSDC ID | 2008-021B |
| Mass | 83 kg |
| Power | 220 watts |
| Orbital elements | |
| Regime | LEO[1] |
| Orbital period | ~90 minutes (estimated)[1] |
| Apoapsis | 630 kilometres (391 mi)[1] |
| Periapsis | 630 kilometres (391 mi)[1] |
| Instruments | |
| Main Instruments | Two cameras: Multi-Spectral, Hyper-Spectral |
| Swath | MS 151, HS 130 km |
| Spectral Band | ? micrometre |
| Data Rate | ? MBPS after compression |
| Solid State Recorder | 16 GB |
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. It was launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - C9 on April 28, 2008 along with the Cartosat-2A and eight nano research satellites belonging to research facilities in Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands [2].
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