Status
Success
IRS-P2
Launch Time
Sat Oct 15, 1994 05:05 UTC
Sat Oct 15, 1994 05:05 UTC
Second flight of PSLV, and PSLV's first successful flight. The payload was successfully deployed into an 820km sun-synchronous orbit.
Rocket
Mission Details
IRS-P2
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 804.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Stats
1994
71st orbital launch attempt
Indian Space Research Organisation
10th mission
2nd mission of 1994
4th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission
PSLV
2nd mission
1st mission of 1994
1st successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission