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Sina 1 [Roskosmos]
Sina 1 (also erroneously transcribed Sinah 1) is Irans first satellite. This satellite is a 160 kg experimental payload built by Russia's Polyot, based in Omsk. The satellite is built on the Sterkh bus. Some reports indicate an imaging payload, others a communications payload.
Sina 1 was launched in October 2005 onboard a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
| Nation: | Iran |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Iran National Space Administration (INSA) |
| Contractors: | NPO Polyot |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | Sterkh bus |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 160 kg |
| Orbit: | 682 km × 704 km, 98.1° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sina 1 | 2005-043D | 27.10.2005 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | with TopSat 1, China-DMC+4, Mozhayets 5, SSETI-Express UWE 1, XI 5, Ncube 2, Rubin 5-ASOLANT |
Launch Sites:
- Pl = Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP), Russia
