Payload
SAPPHIRE
OperationalPayloadLEO
SAPPHIRE is a Department of National Defense payload satellite, launched on February 25, 2013 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 25, 2013 at 12:31 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV-CA →
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Mission
- SARAL
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 781 km
- Periapsis
- 767 km
- Inclination
- 98.43°
- Orbital period
- 100.33 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Department of National Defense
- Manufacturer
- Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd./MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 148 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-009C
- NORAD catalog №
- 39088
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 0.6034 m²
- Status
- Operational