IRS-P2

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

05:05:00

Saturday October 15, 1994

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Second flight of PSLV, and PSLV's first successful flight. The payload was successfully deployed into an 820km sun-synchronous orbit.

Wiki

IRS-P2 was an Earth observation satellite launched under the NNRMS (National Natural Resources Management System) programme undertaken by ISRO. The mission's objectives were to provide spaceborne capability to India in observing and managing the Natural Resources and utilizing them in a productive manner. The satellite carried Imaging multi-spectral radiometers on board for radio sensing of the resources.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

804 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

2nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 1994

Indian Space Research Organisation

10th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1994

1994

71st

Orbital launch attempt