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Greensat
Greensat [Houwteq]
Greensat was an attempt to develop an South African Earth observation satellite. The project was originally started in 1985 as a military reconnaissance satellite to be launched on the indigenous RSA-3 rocket, but in 1991 was changed into the civilian Greensat. The project was led by Denel's Houwteq division.
Greensat would have been about 2,3 m high, with a mass of 330 kg and would have carried panchromatic and multispectral cameras. The resolution would have been at 2.5 m for the high-resolution camera. The satellite appears to be closely related to the Israeli Ofeq 3 / EROS-A series of satellites.
After cancellation of RSA-3, the baselined launch vehicle was the Russian Start-1 rocket as the RSA-3 was cancelled.
Although engineering models had been built, the project was cancelled in 1994 due to lack of funds.
| Nation: | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Earth observation |
| Operator: | Denel, Houwteq division |
| Contractors: | Denel, Houwteq division |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 3 years |
| Mass: | 320 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensat | - | cancelled | Pl | Start-1 |
