Payload
KALPANA-1 (METSAT 1)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
KALPANA-1 (METSAT 1) is a India payload satellite, launched on September 12, 2002 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 12, 2002 at 10:23 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV →
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Mission
- KALPANA-1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,362 km
- Periapsis
- 36,314 km
- Inclination
- 13.05°
- Orbital period
- 1464.35 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- India
- Launch mass
- 1,060 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2002-043A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27525
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
India- Radar cross-section
- 0.003 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational