RASAT

NORAD 37791· COSPAR 2011-044D· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

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Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

State Planning Organization

Country

Turkey

Manufacturer

TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute

Launched

Aug 17, 2011

Mass

—

Apogee

685 km

Perigee

657 km

Inclination

98.06°

Period

1.63 h

Launch

Launched on Aug 17, 2011 from 370/13, Russia aboard a Dnepr 1.

Dnepr 1 | Sich-2 →

Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

RASAT was an Earth observation satellite designed and developed by TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute and produced in Turkey to provide high resolution imagery. It was the first remote sensing satellite fully realized in Turkey, and the second indigenously developed remote sensing satellite after BILSAT-1.

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