Pratham (satellite)
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| Type: | Earth observation satellite | |
| Country: |
 India
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| Operator: | IIT Bombay | |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2016-059A | |
| Mission dates | ||
| Dimensions: | 10 kg | |
| Size: | 26 cm × 26 cm × 26 cm - cube | |
| Begin: | September 26, 2016 at 3:42 am [[Coordinated Universal Time | UTC]] |
| Starting place: | SHAR FLP | |
| Launcher: | PSLV-G (3) C-35 | |
| Flight duration: | 4 months | |
| Status: | Out of service | |
| Orbit data | ||
| Rotation time : | 98.4 min | |
| Orbit inclination : | 98.2 ° | |
| Apogee height : | 714 km | |
| Perigee height : | 668 km | |
Pratham is an Indian earth observation satellite that was built and operated by the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay . Its job is to search for electrons in the earth's ionosphere .
Furnishing
Pratham is a nanosatellite with an edge length of 26 cm. The satellite was built in less than 3 years. It is a student initiative with the participation of ISRO scientists.
Pratham carries a scientific payload to measure the total number of electrons in a sun-synchronous orbit .
It is powered by solar cells and batteries.
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Pratham was on 26 September 2016 a PSLV - launch vehicle together with SCATSAT-1 , Alsat-1B and 2B , Alsat-1N , BlackSky Pathfinder 1 , pisat and CanX 7 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center started.
Web links
- Pratham on Gunter's Space Page (English).
- Orbit data according to N2YO (English).
- Pratham on the operator's website.
- Pratham on the ISRO website.