Payload
X-SAT
OperationalPayloadLEO
X-SAT is a Centre for Research in Satellite Technology (CREST) payload satellite, launched on April 20, 2011 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 20, 2011 at 04:42 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV →
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 818 km
- Periapsis
- 798 km
- Inclination
- 98.35°
- Orbital period
- 101.04 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Centre for Research in Satellite Technology (CREST)
- Manufacturer
- Centre for Research in Satellite Technology (CREST)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 105 kg
- Power
- 175 W
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-015C
- NORAD catalog №
- 37389
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Singapore- Radar cross-section
- 0.4684 m²
- Status
- Operational