Saturday, December 20, 2008

THEOS

 2008-049A


Thaichote, the Thai Earth Observation Sat (THEOS), for Thai GISTDA, Min of Science and Tech. EADS Astrium AstroSat bus hexagon + panel, 2.1 m dia 2.4m high 750 kg, 22 km swath, 2m res pan and multispectral imager, 90 km FOV, 15m res; AstroSat-500 like Rocsat 2. System designed to be similar to SPOT.

Launch by Dnepr.

Owned by Thai Ministry of Science and Technology's Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) Control center at Sri Racha, Chonburi province.


THEOS 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2008 Oct 1  0637:16  Launch by Dnepr  Yasniy  
  T+1:49? Stage 1 sep 
  T+4:36? GO 
  T+4:41? St 2 sep 
 0642 T+4:45? DU on 
 0652? Plume shield sep 
 0652? DS MECO 
 0652? Satellite separation 
2008 Oct 2    98.42 672 x 692 x 98.8 
2008 Oct 3   Begin orbit raise 
2008 Oct 9    100.75 792 x 796 x 98.8 
2008 Oct 12    101.33 820 x 822 x 98.8 
2008 Oct 15   Final orbit 101.41 824 x 826 x 98.8 
2008 Oct 20    101.41 824 x 826 x 98.8 

Payload:

  • Pan imager, 2m res GSD, 22 km swath with SiC Cass. telescope

  • Multispectral imager, 15m GSD, 90 km swath, dioptic camera

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