ETRSS-1

Ethiopia

Int. spacecraft nº:

Ethiopian spacecraft nº: 1

ETRSS 1= Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite

Launch data:

Designation	19093
Launch date	20 Dec 2019 - 03:22 UTC
Launch site	Taiyuan, LC-9
Launch vehicle	CZ-4B
Mission	Remote sensing
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	km
Eccentricity
Inclination	°
Period	min

First Ethiopien satellite
Launched together with: CBERS 4A - ETRSS 1 - Tianqin 1/CAS 6 - Yuheng - Shuntian - Tianyan 01/02 - Weilai 1R - FloripaSat 1

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	CAST
Platform
Operator	Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute in Addis Ababa
Mass at launch	70 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array	Solar arrays
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime

Description:

The ETRSS 1 (Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite) remote sensing satellite is Ethiopia′s first satellite, which will provide data on changes in climate and weather-related phenomena that would be utilized for the country′s key targets in agriculture, forestry as well as natural resources protection initiatives.

Mission details:

At T+15:47 the final four payloads separated: ETRSS-1, FloripaSat, Weilai-1R and Tianyan-01.
ETRSS-1 is a 70 kg remote sensing satellite and was built by DFH Satellite for the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute in Addis Ababa. It is Ethiopia′s first satellite.

Ref.: #7(JR773), #14, - update: 27.12.19