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AISSAT 1
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AISSat-1 is a satellite used to receive Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals. Launched on 12 June 2010 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre as a secondary payload, AISSat-1 is in a Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. Initially a development project, the satellite has since passed into ordinary operations. Via downlinks at Svalbard Satellite Station and at Vardø Vessel Traffic Service Centre it tracks vessels in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea for the Norwegian Coastal Administration, the Norwegian Coast Guard, the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries and other public agencies.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 12, 2010 at 03:52 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV-CA →
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Mission
- Cartosat-2B, AlSat-2A, StudSat, AISSat-1, TIsat-1
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 583 km
- Periapsis
- 568 km
- Inclination
- 98.09°
- Orbital period
- 96.17 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Norwegian Coastal Admnistration
- Manufacturer
- Kongsberg Seatex AS/University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 6 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Detailed purpose
- Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-035C
- NORAD catalog №
- 36797
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Norway- Radar cross-section
- 0.109 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational