IMS-1A Youthsat

Spacecraft n°:

Indian spacecraft n°: 59

Launch data: Designation  37388 / 11015B Launch date  20 April 2011 - 04:42 Ut Launch site  Sriharikota, FLP Launch vehicle  PSLV(3)-C16 Mission  Government: Scientific Research (Study solar-terrestrial relationships) Polar Earth orbit on 20 April at .38: Perigee / Apogee  804 x 821 km Eccentricity  1.18E-03 Inclination  98.79 deg Period  101.14 min

Spacecraft data: Prime manufactor  ISRO Platform   Operator  ISRO Mass at launch  92 kg Dry Mass   kg Basic shape   Dimension (m)   Equipment   Solar array   Stabilization   Propulsion   DC power   Design lifetime  2 yrs - still active

Mission details:

• Payloads a collaboration between Indian and Russian students, carries three science instruments.
• India's PSLV-C16 placed the 1200 kg Resourcesat-2 imaging satellite in polar orbit on Apr 20, 2011. Two small satellites were also deployed: ISRO's IMS-1A Youthsat with experiments to study solar-terrestrial relationships, and the X-Sat from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, carrying a 10-meter-resolution multispectral imager.
  The satellites are in 800 x 820 km x 98.8 deg orbits.