IRS-P1

Launch Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

05:12:00

Monday September 20, 1993

Mission Details

Launch Notes

First flight of PSLV. A guidance & navigation control software error resulted in one of the second-stage separation retrorockets failing to fire. Thus, the vehicle and its payload fell back to Earth 12 minutes after liftoff and crashed into the Bay of Bengal.

Wiki

IRS-P1 was an experimental Earth observation mission undertaken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The mission's objective was to develop earth imagery using onboard instruments. Due to a malfunction in the rocket's final stage, the satellite deviated from its path and plunged into the sea.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

846 kilograms

Rocket

Retired

PSLV-G

Active 1993 to 2016

Agency

ISRO

Price

$25.00 million

Rocket

Height: 44.5m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 3,250 kg

GTO: 1,410 kg

Liftoff Thrust

6,887 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.2m

Height: 8.3m

Stages

4

Strap-ons

6

Launch Site

First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

25 days 5 hours

First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

25 days 5 hours

Stats

PSLV

1st

Mission

1st

Mission of 1993

Indian Space Research Organisation

8th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1993

1993

64th

Orbital launch attempt