Status
Partial Failure
IRS-1D
Launch Time
Mon Sep 29, 1997 04:47 UTC
Mon Sep 29, 1997 04:47 UTC
India's first launch vehicle assembled without Russian assistance and PSLV's first operational flight. Due to a gaseous helium leak, the vehicle failed to place the payload in the desired circular sun-synchronous orbit and instead left it in an elliptical one. While not a total failure, this was a suboptimal outcome.
Rocket
Mission Details
IRS-1D
IRS-1D is the seventh satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing satellite series of Earth Observation satellites, built, launched, and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation. The satellite has similar capabilities as that of ISRO's IRS-1C satellite with some improvements added for better imagery, particularly in thematic mapping.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,250.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Stats
1997
59th orbital launch attempt
Indian Space Research Organisation
12th mission
1st mission of 1997
PSLV
4th mission
1st mission of 1997