Sina-1

Sina-1
Mission typeReconnaissance
OperatorISA
COSPAR ID2005-043D Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.28893
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerProduction Corporation Polyot
Launch mass170 kg
Start of mission
Launch date27 October 2005, 06:52:26 UTC
RocketKosmos-3M
Launch sitePlesetsk, Site 132/1
ContractorYuzhnoye
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude682 km
Apogee altitude704 km
Inclination98.18°
Period98.62 minutes
Epoch3 November 2005 [1]

Sina-1 (Persian: سینا ۱) is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The rocket was also carrying a Russian military Mozhayets-5 satellite, a Chinese China-DMC, a British TopSat, a European Space Agency SSETI Express (Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative-Express), a Norwegian nCube, a German UWE-1, and a Japanese XI-V. Sina-1's Satellite Catalog Number or USSPACECOM object number is 28893.

In 2003, then-Defense Minister Admiral Ali Shamkhani announced that Iran would launch its first satellite on a locally produced launch vehicle within eighteen months. The plan was to develop a booster based on the Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile.[citation needed]

When difficulties arose with indigenous booster development, the Iranian Institute of Applied Research turned to the Omsk-based Russian company Polyot. Polyot provided the launch services aboard the Kosmos-3M rocket and also built the satellite itself. The cost of the satellite was US$15 million.[2]

  1. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. ^ "First Iranian satellite launched". 27 October 2005.