Navid (satellite)

Navid
Operator ISA
COSPAR ID 2012-005A
SATCAT № 38075
Mission duration 2 months[1]
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass 50 kilograms (110 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date February 3, 2012, 00:04 (2012-02-03UTC00:04Z) UTC
Rocket Safir-1B
Launch site Semnan
End of mission
Decay date 1 April 2012 (2012-05)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 250 kilometres (160 mi)
Apogee 375 kilometres (233 mi)
Inclination 55 degrees
Period 90 minutes

Navid (Persian: نوید) or Navid-e Elm-o San'at (Persian: نوید علم و صنعت, "Gospel of Science and Technology") was an experimental Iranian Earth observation satellite.[2] The satellite carried a camera for taking higher-precision imagery of Earth and it was also be used to collect weather data and monitor natural disasters.[3] It was developed by students at the Iran University of Science and Technology.[4] The third satellite to be launched indigenously by Iran, it was placed into orbit by a new configuration of the Safir carrier rocket, featuring a larger second stage with 20% more thrust.[5] The launch occurred at approximately 00:04 UTC on 3 February 2012.[6] The satellite remained in orbit for two months, before reentering the atmosphere on 1 April 2012.[7]

See also

References

  1. http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0203/Reports-Iran-successfully-launches-small-Earth-watching-satellite
  2. "IRI successfully launches new satellite into orbit". IRIB. February 3, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  3. Stephen Clark (3 February 2011). "Observing satellite launched by modified Iranian missile". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  4. "Iran to put Navid satellite into space". Press TV. October 9, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  5. http://jamejamonline.ir/newstext.aspx?newsnum=100803210565
  6. McDowell, Jonathan. "Issue 654". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  7. "Navis [sic] Satellite". Recent Reentries. Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
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