SARAL

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Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 2013-009ALaunched 2/25/2013

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: SARAL/Sapphire
Launch Vehicle: PSLV CA
Launch Date: 2/25/2013

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 780 km
Inclination: 98.63 deg
Dry Mass: 409 kg
Total Mass: 409 kg

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Mentions

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

The satellite SARAL, designed for ocean circulation studies, entered service in June 2013 and is still operational.

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Thales Alenia Space developed advanced altimeters for programs including SIRAL-2, Poseidon 4 on Sentinel-6/Jason-CS, AltiKa on the CNES/ISRO SARAL satellite, and KaRIn on the CNES/JPL SWOT satellite.

ISRO and CNES jointly undertook the SARAL-Altika mission, which launched in 2013.

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