TES Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
22 Oct 2001, 4:53am
UTC
Location
Pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
TES
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) is Indian remote sensing and photo-reconnaissance satellite. The 1108 kg satellite carries a one-meter resolution panchromatic camera is an experimental satellite to demonstrate and validate, in orbit, technologies that could be used in the future satellites of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was successfully placed in 572 km Sun-synchronous orbit on 22 October 2001 using the PSLV-C3. The PSLV-C3 also injected two more satellites: PROBA, a Belgian satellite and BIRD, a German satellite.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC
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