LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Thu Dec 28 1995
Progress Rocket Space Center
IRS-1C & Skipper
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Molniya-M 2BLDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Earth Science
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
31/6