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IRS-1B

NonoperationalPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
August 29, 1991 at 06:48 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Vostok 8A92M →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
IRS-1B
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
919 km
Periapsis
883 km
Inclination
99.41°
Orbital period
103.01 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1991-061A
NORAD catalog №
21688
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
IndiaIndia
Radar cross-section
3.6711 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational