LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Mon Sep 29 1997
Indian Space Research Organization
IRS-1D
Launch Failure
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(4:47 AM UTC)
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(4:47 AM UTC)
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(4:47 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
PSLVDescription:
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV in 1993, commercially available only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).
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
Sriharikota, Republic of India
Pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad