Spacetrack Directory Name | SINAH 1 |
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Orbit launches | 2005-10-27 (19 years ago) |
Days in orbit | 6968 |
Country/organisation of origin | Iran (IRAN) |
Starting point | PLMSC (Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia) |
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Perigee | 678 km |
Apogee | 698 km |
Orbit slope (inclination) | 98.21° |
Laps per day | 15 |
Orbit | LEO (Sun-Synchronous) |
Height SINAH 1 | 696.34 km |
Sina-1 (Persian: ???? ??) is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The rocket was also carrying a Russian military Mozhayets-5 satellite, a Chinese China-DMC, a British Topsat, a European Space Agency SSETI Express, a Norwegian nCube, a German UWE-1 and a Japanese XI-V. Sina-1 Satellite Catalog Number or USSPACECOM object number is 28893 .
In 2003, then-Defense Minister Admiral Ali Shamkhani announced that Iran would launch its first satellite on a locally produced launch vehicle within eighteen months. The plan was to develop a booster based on the Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile.When difficulties arose with indigenous booster development, the Iranian Institute of Applied Research turned to the Omsk-based Russian company Polyot. Polyot provided the launch services aboard the Cosmos-3M rocket and also built the satellite itself. The costs of the satellite was sited as US$15 million.
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