Microsat-R is a small Indian satellite built for the Indian military Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
Microsat-R is earth imagining satellite and it's used for Military purposes.
The satellite has a launch mass of 740 kg and orbits the earth at a height of 274 km.
Microsat-R was built by a handful of DRDO laboratories, not by ISRO.
The satellite was destroyed in an ASAT test on 27 March 2019.
Initially, about 270 fragments were detected in orbit.
Microsat-R was A military satellite so that the ISRO did not give any details about it.
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| Credit: ISRO |
According to information obtained from different sources, Microsat-R and its payload come assembled from a handful of laboratories of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and is meant for military use.
This types of satellites are coming under a secret mission for military purpose. So we also not get sufficient information about this satellite.
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Overview:
- Mission type: Earth observation
- Operator: DRDO
- Launch Mass: 760 kg
- Launch date: 24th January 2019
- Launch vehicle: PSLV C44
- Launch site: Sriharikota
- Contractor: ISRO
- Destroyed: 27th March 2019
- Reference system: Geocentric
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| Credit: ISRO |
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