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SARAL

Cooperative technology mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and CNES. SARAL was launched on February 25, 2013 aboard a PSLV from Sriharikota. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2013-009ANORAD 39086India

Identity

Name in GCAT: SARAL
International designator: 2013-009A
NORAD catalog number: 39086
GCAT identifier: S39086

Mission

Mission type: Space science
Use: Civil government
Program: ISRO RS2
Owner: ISRO
Country: India
Builder: ISRO Satellite Center
Platform (bus): SSB-2

Launch

Date: February 25, 2013 · 12:31 UTC
Launch record: 2013-009Success
Rocket: PSLV
Spaceport: Sriharikota · pad FLP

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LEO/S
Perigee: 772 km
Apogee: 788 km
Inclination: 98.63°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: February 2023

Size

Mass: 409 kg
Dry mass: 409 kg
Length: 2.7 m
Diameter: 1.00 m
Span: 4.0 m

Launched together

AAUSAT3Communications · AAU SapphireMissile early warning · DRDC Near Earth Object Surveillance SatelliteAstronomy · CSA STRaND-1Technology · SSTL (Astrium)BRITE-AustriaAstronomy · TU Graz UniBRITEAstronomy · U Vienna IFA

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6169551 (CC0).