Microsat-TD

India

Int. spacecraft nº:

Indian spacecraft nº: 105

Launch data:

Designation	43128 / 18004T
Launch date	12 Jan 2018 - 03:59 UT
Launch site	Sriharikota, FLP
Launch vehicle	PSLV-XL (C40)
Mission	Imaging, Earth observation
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	354 x 375 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	96.9°
Period	91.7 min

Launched together with: Cartosat 2F - Microsat-TD - LEO Vantage 1 - Carbonite 2 - ICEYE X1 - INS 1C - Arkyd 6A - CICERO 7 - Landmapper-BC 3 v2 - Lemur-2 68/71 - Flock-3p′ 1/4 - MicroMAS 2a - PicSat - CANYVAL-X 1 & 2 - CNUSail 1 - KAUSAT 5 - SIGMA - DemoSat 2 - Tyvak 61C - FOX 1D - STEP Cube Lab - SpaceBEE 1/4

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	ISRO
Platform	IMS-1 bus
Operator	ISRO
Mass at launch	120 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment	0.8m resolution imager
Solar array	2 deployable solar arrays
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power

End of live:

Re-entered date:	27 Nov 2020
Lifetime:

Microsat during Pre-launch Testing. Credit: ISRO

Description:

MICROSAT-TD is a small Indian earth observing satellite developed by ISRO. The satellite is based on the SSB-2 bus inherited from IMS 1. It carries an imaging payload which provides a 0.78 m resolution for panchromatic imaging and 6 m resolution for infra-red. It has a swath widths of 3.2 km for panchromatic imaging.

Mission details:

The final satellite to be deployed, Microsat-TD, went to a lower orbit of 328 x 368 km, taking advantange of the PSLV PS4 stage′s recently added multi-burn capability. It is a 100-kg-class ISRO technology development satellite using a bus based on IMS-1 (launched in 2008).

Ref.: #3(SD577), #7(JR744,745), #14, #120a, #228 - update: 06.03.21