CARTOSAT-1 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - CARTOSAT-1 -

Full Name

Cartography Satellite - 1
aka IRS-P5

Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

ISRO

Launch Date

05 May 2005

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

01 Jan 2019

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

28649 (TLE)

International Designator

2005-017A

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

97 minutes

Orbit Sense

Descending

Orbit Inclination

97.87 deg

Orbit Altitude

618 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

10:30

Repeat Cycle

5 days

Objectives and Applications

High precision large-scale cartographic mapping of 1:10000 scale and thematic applications (with merged XS data) at 1:4000 scales.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Land	Albedo and reflectance	PAN (Cartosat-1)
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	PAN (Cartosat-1)

Mission Instruments

PAN (Cartosat-1) - Panchromatic Camera

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