1995 · Progress Rocket Space Center
IRS-1C & Skipper
successMolniya-M | IRS-1C & Skipper
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 28, 1995 at 06:45 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 31/6
- Mission
- IRS-1C & Skipper
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit