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SALIENT
FEATURES
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Orbit
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Geostationary (48 deg East Longitude)
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Dry
Mass
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840 kg
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Lift-off
Mass
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1800 kg
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Size
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Cuboid of dimensions 2.406 m x 1.651 m x 1.530 m with solar arrays on
the north and south side
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Length
when fully deployed
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9.55 m (North-South)
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Spacecraft propulsion and Control: |
- 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) with Mono Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) as fuel and MON-3 as oxidiser for orbit raising - 3-axis body stabilised in orbit using Sun and Earth Sensors, Momentum and Reaction Wheels, Magnetic Torquers and sixteen 22 Newton bipropellant thrusters |
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Power |
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Solar array providing 1380 W power, two 24 Ah Ni-Cd batteries
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PAYLOADS
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Communication
Payloads
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• Four C-band transponders • Two Ku-band transponders • One MSS payload consisting of S-band forward link and C-band return link |
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Experimental
Payloads
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Radiation Dose Monitor (TRDM) to compare the estimated radiation
doses inside the satellite with the directly measured radiation doses using
a Radiation Sensitive Field Effect Transistor (RADFET) |
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| • Surface Charge Monitor (SCM) to indicate the state of the charging environment in the vicinity of the satellite | ||
| • Solar X-ray Spectrometer (SOXS) to study the solar flare emission in 4 KeV_10 MeV energy range using state of the art semiconductor devices and Phoswich Scintillation Detector | ||
| • Coherent Radio Beacon Experiment (CRABEX) to investigate the spatial structure, dynamic and temporal variations of Ionosphere and several aspects of equatorial electrodynamics | ||
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