Navid (satellite)
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Navid (Persian: نوید) or Navid-e Elm-o San'at (نوید علم و صنعت, "Promise of Science and Technology") was an experimental Iranian Earth observation satellite.[2]
Quick Facts Operator, COSPAR ID ...
Operator | Iranian Space Agency (ISA) |
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COSPAR ID | 2012-005A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 38075 |
Mission duration | 2 months[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Launch mass | 50 kilograms (110 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | February 3, 2012, 00:04 (2012-02-03UTC00:04Z) UTC |
Rocket | Safir-1B |
Launch site | Semnan, Iran |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 1 April 2012 (2012-05) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 250 kilometres (160 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 375 kilometres (233 mi) |
Inclination | 55 degrees |
Period | 90 minutes |
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