| Names | IRS-P6 ResourceSat-1 | ||||||||
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| Mission type | Earth observation | ||||||||
| Operator | ISRO | ||||||||
| COSPAR ID | 2003-046A | ||||||||
| SATCAT no. | 28051 | ||||||||
| Website | https://www.isro.gov.in/ | ||||||||
| Mission duration | 5 years (planned) 21 years, 3 months and 29 days (in progress) | ||||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||||
| Spacecraft | IRS-P6 | ||||||||
| Bus | IRS-1A | ||||||||
| Manufacturer | Indian Space Research Organisation | ||||||||
| Launch mass | 1,360 kg (3,000 lb) | ||||||||
| Power | 1250 watts | ||||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||||
| Launch date | 17 October 2003, 04:54:00 UTC | ||||||||
| Rocket | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C5 | ||||||||
| Launch site | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad (FLP) | ||||||||
| Contractor | Indian Space Research Organisation | ||||||||
| Entered service | January 2004 | ||||||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||||||
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] | ||||||||
| Regime | Sun-synchronous orbit | ||||||||
| Perigee altitude | 813 km | ||||||||
| Apogee altitude | 836 km | ||||||||
| Inclination | 98.8° | ||||||||
| Period | 101.4 minutes | ||||||||
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Resourcesat-1 (also known as IRS-P6) is an advanced remote sensing satellite built by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The tenth satellite of ISRO in IRS series, Resourcesat-1 is intended to not only continue the remote sensing data services provided by IRS-1C and IRS-1D, both of which have far outlived their designed mission lives, but also vastly enhance the data quality.
- ^ https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irs-p6-resourcesat-1 - 14 May 2020