Mission record
PSLV-CA | SSTL-S1 & NovaSAR-S
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Indian Space Research Organization
Provider type
Government
Orbit
SSO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
India
Date
Sun, 16 Sep 2018 16:38:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5777 ever
Mission
The NovaSAR-S spacecraft carries a radar imaging instrument, and the mission was developed in partnership between the British government and the British satellite manufacturer SSTL. The SSTL-S1 satellite, also built by SSTL, is a high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite identical to three DMC3/TripleSat reconnaissance craft launched in 2015. Beijing-based 21AT will lease imaging capacity on the SSTL-S1 satellite. There are also several secondary payloads.