Resourcesat 1

 2003-046A

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IRS-P6, or Resourcesat-1, was launched on PSLV in 2003. It replaces IRS-1C and IRS-1D, carrying three improved cameras and a solid state recorder.

The PSLV-C5 launch switched the PSOM burn sequence to four ground lit and two air lit instead of the other way around.

Mass 1360 kg.

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Resourcesat
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Oct 17	0452	Launch by PSLV-C5
		T+0:25 Air PSOM 5-6 on
		T+1:08 Ground PSOM 1-4 sep
		T+1:30 Air PSOM sep
		T+1:52 PS1 sep
		T+1:53 PS2 on
		T+2:37 Fairing sep at 118 km
		T+4:25 PS2 sep
		T+4:27 PS3 on
		T+6:29 PS3 sep 426 km
		T+9:00 PS4 MES, 621 km
	0509	T+17:23 PS4 MECO
	0510	T+18:00 PS4 sep
2003 Oct 18			101.69 802 x 875 x 98.7

Payload:

• LISS-3 Medium res VNIR/SWIR Multispectral camera, 4 bands; 140 km swath, 23m res

• LISS-4, High res VNIR camera, 70 km swath, 6m res; 3 bands

• AWIFS-A/B Advanced Wide Field Sensor VNIR/SWIR 740 km swath, 56m res.