Navid-e-Elm-o-Sanat

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Iranese spacecraft nr: 5

Launch data: Designation  38075 / 12005A Launch date  03 Feb 2012 - 00:04? UT Launch site  Semnan Launch vehicle  Safir 2 (Snr: ERS2002) Mission  Earth observation, Imaging Earth orbit on Feb 3.82: Perigee / Apogee  275 x 374 km Eccentricity  0.007 Inclination  56.02 deg Period  91.02 min

Credit: IRNA

Spacecraft data: Prime manufacturer  Sharif Univ of Technology, Teheran Platform   Operator  Iran University of Science and Technology (Elm-o Sanat university), Teheran Mass at launch  50 kg Dry Mass   kg Basic shape  Cube Dimension (m)  site: 0.5m? Equipment   Solar array  Solar cells Stabilization   Propulsion   DC power

Credit: Rohama.org

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Description:

• NAVID (Gospel), was designed to collect data on weather conditions and monitor for natural disasters. The satellite weighs about 110 pounds (50 kilograms) and will orbit Earth at an altitude of up to 234 miles (375 kilometers), circling the planet 15 times a day. Navid, produced at an Iranian engineering university, is the third small satellite that Iran launched over the past years and is expected to remain in orbit for about two months. The two earlier satellites — Omid, launched in 2009, and Rasad, sent into orbit in June 2011 — lasted three weeks and 82 days, respectively. The satellite has advanced control technology, a higher-resolution camera and photocells to generate power. (source: IRNA)

Mission details:

• Iran reports that it has launched the Navid-e Elm-o Sanat satellite into low orbit on Feb 3, 2012. It carries a panchromatic imager, possibly developed by the Iranian Univ. of Sci. and Technology (IUST, or in Persian, Daneshgah Elm-o Sanat Iran), Tehran. Another report says that the satellite was built by Tehran's Sharif University of Technology (Daneshgah-e Sanati-ye Sharif).
• The satellite's name means something like "Promise (Herald, Gospel, Good News, Harbinger) of Science and Technology".
• Orbital data from US tracking shows Navid and the Safir second stage rocket in a 275 x 374 km x 56.0 deg orbit, and analysis indicates a launch at around 0004 UTC on Feb 3.