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Launch Date
9/26/2016
Launch Site
SHAR FLP
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Launch Vehicle
PSLV C (PSLV Family)
ISRO reported that after a flight of 16 minutes 56 seconds PSLV-C35 achieved a polar Sun Synchronous Orbit of approximately 724 km with inclination 98.1° and SCATSAT-1 separated 37 seconds later on September 26, 2016.
ISRO reported SCATSAT-1 mass as 371 kg in the September 26, 2016 post-launch summary and reported SCATSAT-1 solar arrays deployed automatically with ISTRAC Bangalore taking over control.
As of August 2, 2016, ISRO listed PSLV-C35 / SCATSAT-1 with SCATSAT-1 built around the IMS-2 bus and a spacecraft mass of 360 kg and a mission life of 5 years.
ISRO released SCATSAT-1 wind products (beta version) documentation noting SCATSAT-1 was launched on September 26, 2016 and injected into a 720 km orbit with inclination 98°, per the ISRO update posted on November 1, 2016.
SCATSAT-1 with Ku-band Scatterometer completed its mission in February 2021, per joint IMD/ISRO material presented at CGMS-50 on June 15-17, 2022.
As of September 21, 2016, ISRO's mission page stated PSLV-C35 would be the thirty-seventh flight of PSLV and the fifteenth flight in the PSLV-XL configuration to launch SCATSAT-1 and seven co-passenger satellites into Sun Synchronous Orbits from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.