XSat Mission

Objectives and Applications

The overall objective is to demonstrate technology in support of high-resolution imaging capabilities and to analyze and implement onboard parallel processing algorithms, thereby demonstrating improved mission achievements for generally downlink-limited small satellite imaging missions.

Mission Summary

Full Name
X-Sat
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
NTU
Launch Date
20 Apr 2011
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101.35 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.73 deg
Orbit Altitude
817 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

IRIS Imager - IRIS Imager

Mission Measurements

OpenSearch Datasets

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