Sina-1

Sina-1

Mission type	Reconnaissance
Operator	ISA
COSPAR ID	2005-043D
SATCAT no.	28893
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer	Production Corporation Polyot
Launch mass	170 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	27 October 2005, 06:52:26 UTC
Rocket	Kosmos-3M
Launch site	Plesetsk, Site 132/1
Contractor	Yuzhnoye
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	682 km
Apogee altitude	704 km
Inclination	98.18°
Period	98.62 minutes
Epoch	3 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]