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Kitsat-3

Kitsat-3
(Uribyol 3)
Mission type Technology
Operator KAIST
COSPAR ID 1999-029A
Website Official webpage
Mission duration 4 1/2 years
Distance travelled 730 kilometres (454 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Kitsat-3
Manufacturer SaTReC
Launch mass 110 kg (240 lb)
Dimensions 495 x 604 x 852 mm
Power 180 W
Start of mission
Launch date 06:22:00, May 26, 1999 (1999-05-26T06:22:00)
Rocket PSLV-C2
Launch site Sriharikota Launching Range
Contractor ISRO
End of mission
Deactivated Dec 2003
Orbital parameters
Reference system Sun-synchronous orbit
Regime Low Earth orbit
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Kitsat-3 was a South Korean remote sensing minisatellite which carried MEIS (Multispectral Earth Imaging System) and SENSE (Space ENvironment Scientific Experiment) instruments to Low Earth orbit. Launched on 26 May 1999 by Indian space agency ISRO, on orbit the satellite was renamed to Uribyol 3. Manufactured by KAIST Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), Kitsat-3 was developed with experience from Kitsat-1 and Kitsat-2 (no heritage to the Kitsat-1 and Kitsat-2 bus) and was the first independently designed South Korean satellite.

Kitsat-3 was launched in the PSLV-C2 mission by 26 May 1999 by Indian space agency ISRO at 06:22 UTC from Sriharikota Launching Range in India. The launch was the first commercial launch by ISRO of its expendable launch system (PSLV) and $1.0 million (equivalent to $1.44 million in 2016) was charged by the Indian agency for launching and injecting the satellite in the Low Earth orbit.


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