Spacetrack Directory Name | COMPASS-1 |
Orbit launches | 2008-04-28 |
Country/organisation of origin | Niemcy (GER) |
Starting point | SRILR (Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India) |
WWW | Here |
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Perigee | 577 km/h |
Apogee | 595 km |
To take color images of the earth at a resolution of 640x480 pixels, to validate (test) a Phoenix GPS receiver from DLR in orbit, to test three-axis attitude control (based on magnetic actuation), and to verify the functionality of the spacecraft in space (technology demonstration).
satellite COMPASS-1 Date of exalting 28.04.2008y.