Indian Space Research Organization

IRS-1D

PSLV

FAILURE
Failure

Monday, September 29, 1997 · 04:47 UTC

Mission

/01

IRS 1C and 1D (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) were the second version of the series of indigenous state-of-art remote sensing satellites. Skipper was an international project initiated by BMDO to measure the bow-shock UV emissions from reentering bodies at different speeds and heights.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

PSLV

Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

13.733° N, 80.235° E

4

Pad Launches

12

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12

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59

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