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 (ISRO). IMS-1 is the first satellite to use ISRO's Indian Mini Satellite bus.[4]
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.[5]
See also
References
- ^ IMS-1
- ^ a b c d CARTOSAT - 2A Archived 2008-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Trajectory Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Welcome to ISRO :: Satellites :: Earth Observation Satellite :: IMS-1". Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ India in multi-satellite launch
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