.jpg) The TopSat being made | |
| Mission type | Optical imaging |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2005-043B[1] |
| SATCAT no. | 28891 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | SSTL |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 October 2005, 06:52:26 UTC |
| Rocket | Kosmos-3M |
| Launch site | Plesetsk 132/1 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Sun-synchronous |
| Perigee altitude | 682 kilometres (424 mi)[2] |
| Apogee altitude | 707 kilometres (439 mi)[2] |
| Inclination | 98.18 degrees[2] |
| Period | 98.65 minutes[2] |
| Epoch | 3 November 2005[2] |
TopSat (Tactical Operational Satellite, also known as TopSat 1 and TacSat 0) is a British Earth observation satellite, currently in Low Earth Orbit. The nanosatellite was launched in October 2005 alongside the Beijing-1 Disaster Monitoring Constellation satellite by a Cosmos rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.[3]
- ^ "CelesTrak SATCAT: 2005-043".
- ^ a b c d e McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "TopSat". UK Space Agency. Retrieved 25 June 2012.