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KALPANA-1 (METSAT 1)

NORAD 27525 · Payload · In orbit since 2002

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Launched
2002-09-12 · Sriharikota, India
Country / operator
IND (India)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Meteorology
Mass
1,060 kg
Size
2 × 2 m · 5 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
36,309 × 36,366 km
Inclination
13.1°
Period
1464.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0007
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.