IMS-1

IMS-1 (TWSAT)

Operator	ISRO
Mission type	Earth observation
Satellite of	Earth
Launch date	28 April 2008, 03:53 GMT
Carrier rocket	PSLV-C9
Launch site	SLP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Mission duration	2 years
COSPAR ID	2008-021B
Mass	83 kg
Power	220 watts
Orbital elements
Regime	LEO
Apoapsis	630 kilometres (390 mi)
Periapsis	630 kilometres (390 mi)
Orbital period	~90 minutes (estimated)
Swath width	MS 151, HS 130 km
Instruments
Main instruments	Two cameras: Multi-Spectral, Hyper-Spectral
Spectral band	? micrometre
Data rate	9.4 Mbit/s after JPEG2000 compression
Solid state recorder	16 GB

IMS-1 is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit. The satellite which is the fourteenth satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series has been built, launched and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation. It was launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - C9 on April 28, 2008 along with the Cartosat-2A and eight nano research satellites belonging to research facilities in Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands.

See also

• Indian Remote Sensing satellite
• List of Indian satellites

External links

• IMS-1
• http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=132051