Microsat-R
Microsat-R in satellite preparation facility. | |
Mission type | ASAT target (supposedly Earth Observation) |
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Operator | DRDO (India)[1] |
COSPAR ID | 2019-006A |
SATCAT no. | 43947 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | DRDO[1] |
Launch mass | 740 kilograms (1,630 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 24 January 2019 |
Rocket | PSLV-C44 |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota) |
Contractor | Indian Space Research Organization |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Destroyed in Orbit by ASAT |
Destroyed | 27 March 2019 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | SSO at 274 km altitude |
Microsat-R was claimed to be an experimental imaging satellite manufactured by DRDO[2][1] and launched by Indian Space Research Organisation on 24 January 2019 for military use.[3] The satellite served as a target for an anti-satellite test on 27 March, 2019.[4][5]
Launch
Microsat-R, along with KalamsatV2 as piggy-back, was launched on 24 January 2019[6] at 23:37 hrs from First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The launch marks the 46th flight of PSLV.[7] After 13 minutes 26 seconds in flight, Microsat-R was injected at targeted altitude of about 277.2 km. This was the first flight of a new variant of PSLV called PSLV-DL with two strap-ons, each carrying 12.2-tonne of solid propellant.[8]
Anti-satellite test
Microsat-R served as target for Indian ASAT experiment on March 27, 2019.[9][10][11] The impact generated more than 400 pieces of orbital debris with 24 having apogee higher than ISS orbit.[12][13] According to initial assessment by DRDO some of the debris (depending on size and trajectory) should re-enter in 45 days.[14] A spokesperson from NASA disagreed, saying the debris could last for years because the solar minimum had contracted the atmosphere that would otherwise cause the debris to reenter.[15] Analysis from a leading space trajectory and environment simulation company AGI has also came to same conclusion that few debris fragments will take more than a year to come down and other debris fragments might pose a risk to other satellites and ISS and these results were also presented in the 35th Space Symposium at Colorado Springs.[16]
As of March 2022, only one catalogued piece of debris from Microsat-R remained in orbit: COSPAR 2019-006DE, SATCAT 44383. This final piece decayed from orbit 14 June 2022.
See also
- Microsat (ISRO)
- Kosmos 149
- Kosmos 320
- SLATS
References
- ^ a b c "ISRO's first mission of 2019 to put military satellite Microsat-R in space". thehindu. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ "ST/SG/SER.E/891 - Registration information from India on space objects launched in 2019". www.unoosa.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ "PSLV-C44, carrying India's experimental satellite Microsat-R and students' payload Kalamsat, lifts off". livemint.com. January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ "Mission Shakti Ebook (Anti-Satellite Missile)" (PDF). 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "PSLV-C44 / Microsat-R & Kalamsat-V2 Mission" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "PSLV-C44 carrying India's military satellite Microsat-R, students' payload Kalamsat, launched". India Today. January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ "PSLV-C44 successfully launched Microsat-R and Kalamsat-V2 - ISRO". www.isro.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Tejonmayam, U (January 25, 2019). "Isro's PSLV C-44 successfully places military satellite Microsat-R". Times of India. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ "Onmanorama Exclusive | DRDO's top secret A-SAT mission codenamed 'Project XSV-1'". OnManorama. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ "Explained Mission Shakti | What is A-SAT and how it hit Microsat-R in 168 secs". OnManorama. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ Foust, Jeff (27 March 2019). "India Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon". Space.com.
- ^ "NASA: Debris From India's Anti-Satellite Test Raised Threat To Space Station". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "NASA's Orbital Debris Quarterly News Volume 23, Issue 3" (PDF). 2 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "India says space debris from anti-satellite test to 'vanish' in 45..." Reuters. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ "SOLAR MINIMUM IS A TERRIBLE TIME TO BLOW UP A SATELLITE". spaceweather.com. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- ^ "Indian ASAT Forensics - April 9, 2019 Update".
External links
- Official website
- v
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- PSLV-C15 (12 Jul 2010)
- PSLV-C16 (20 Apr 2011)
- PSLV-C17 (15 Jul 2011)
- PSLV-C18 (12 Oct 2011)
- PSLV-C19 (26 Apr 2012)
- PSLV-C21 (9 Sep 2012)
- PSLV-C20 (25 Feb 2013)
- PSLV-C22 (IRNSS-1A, 1 Jul 2013)
- PSLV-C25 (Mars Orbiter Mission, 5 Nov 2013)
- PSLV-C24 (IRNSS-1B, 4 Apr 2014)
- PSLV-C23 (30 Jun 2014)
- PSLV-C26 (IRNSS-1C, 16 Oct 2014)
- PSLV-C27 (IRNSS-1D, 28 Mar 2015)
- PSLV-C28 (DMC-3, 10 Jul 2015)
- PSLV-C30 (28 Sep 2015)
- PSLV-C29 (16 Dec 2015)
- PSLV-C31 (IRNSS-1E, 20 Jan 2016)
- PSLV-C32 (IRNSS-1F, 10 Mar 2016)
- PSLV-C33 (IRNSS-1G, 28 Apr 2016)
- PSLV-C34 (22 Jun 2016)
- PSLV-C35 (SCATSAT-1, 26 Sep 2016)
- PSLV-C36 (Resourcesat-2A, 7 Dec 2016)
- PSLV-C37 (15 Feb 2017)
- PSLV-C38 (23 Jun 2017)
- PSLV-C39 (IRNSS-1H, 31 Aug 2017, failure)
- PSLV-C40 (Cartosat-2F, 12 Jan 2018)
- PSLV-C41 (IRNSS-1I, 11 Apr 2018)
- PSLV-C42 (16 Sep 2018)
- PSLV-C43 (HySIS, 29 Nov 2018)
- PSLV-C44 (Microsat-R, 24 Jan 2019)
- PSLV-C45 (EMISAT, 1 Apr 2019)
- PSLV-C46 (RISAT-2B, 22 May 2019)
- PSLV-C47 (Cartosat-3, 27 Nov 2019)
- PSLV-C48 (RISAT-2BR1, 11 Dec 2019)
- PSLV-C49 (EOS-01, 7 Nov 2020)
- PSLV-C50 (CMS-01, 17 Dec 2020)
- PSLV-C51 (Amazônia-1, 28 Feb 2021)
- PSLV-C52 (EOS-04, 14 Feb 2022)
- PSLV-C53 (DS-EO, NeuSAR, Scoob-1, POEM-1 (hosted), 30 Jun 2022)
- PSLV-C54 (EOS-06, BhutanSat aka INS-2B, Anand, 26 Nov 2022)
- PSLV-C55 (TeLEOS-2, Lumelite-4, POEM-2 (hosted), 22 Apr 2023)
- PSLV-C56 (DS-SAR, VELOX-AM, 30 Jul 2023)
- PSLV-C57 (Aditya-L1, 2 Sep 2023)
- PSLV-C58 (XPoSat, POEM-3 (hosted), 1 Jan 2024)
- List of PSLV launches
- Italics indicates future missions