Payload
VESSELSAT 1
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
VESSELSAT 1 is a Luxembourg payload satellite, launched on October 12, 2011 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 12, 2011 at 05:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV-CA →
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 864 km
- Periapsis
- 845 km
- Inclination
- 19.96°
- Orbital period
- 102.02 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Luxembourg
- Launch mass
- 29 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-058C
- NORAD catalog №
- 37840
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Luxembourg- Radar cross-section
- 0.3552 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational