Payload
RUBIN-8 & PSLV R/B
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
RUBIN-8 & PSLV R/B is a Germany payload satellite, launched on April 28, 2008 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 28, 2008 at 03:53 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV-CA →
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Mission
- Cartosat 2A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 626 km
- Periapsis
- 593 km
- Inclination
- 98.14°
- Orbital period
- 96.88 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Germany
- Launch mass
- 920 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-021K
- NORAD catalog №
- 32792
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Germany- Radar cross-section
- 5.798 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational