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Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
09:18:00
Wednesday July 13, 1988
Control problems caused the launcher to disintegrate.
SROSS-B carried two instruments; a West German Monocular Electro Optical Stereo Scanner (MEOSS) and ISRO's 20-3000keV Gamma-ray Burst Experiment (GRB). The satellite body was three-axis stabilized with momentum wheels and magnetic torquers. A Hydrazine-based monopropellant reaction control system was also fitted. Power was to be provided by body-mounted solar cells and eight deployable fixed solar arrays.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
150 kilograms
2nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1988
6th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1988
62nd
Orbital launch attempt