IRS-1D Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
29 Sep 1997, 4:47am
UTC
Location
Pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
IRS-1D
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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