Mission type | Space surveillance |
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Operator | Department of National Defence |
COSPAR ID | 2013-009C |
SATCAT no. | 39088 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | SSTL-150 |
Manufacturer | MDA Corporation (prime) SSTL (bus) COM DEV International (optical payload) |
Launch mass | 148 kilograms (326 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 25 February 2013, 12:31[1] | UTC
Rocket | PSLV-CA C20 |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan FLP |
Contractor | ISRO |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 778 kilometres (483 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 793 kilometres (493 mi) |
Inclination | 98.62 degrees |
Period | 100.43 minutes |
Epoch | 30 October 2013, 14:37:56 UTC[2] |
Sapphire is a Canadian space surveillance satellite which was launched in 2013. Sapphire was commissioned and integrated by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) based on an SSTL-150[3] bus produced by Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and an optical payload produced by COM DEV International.