Status
Success
IRS-1A
Launch Time
Thu Mar 17, 1988 06:43 UTC
Thu Mar 17, 1988 06:43 UTC
First Soviet commercial launch.
Rocket
Mission Details
IRS-1A
IRS 1A and 1B (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) were the first of the series of indigenous state-of-art remote sensing satellites.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 975.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1988
22nd orbital launch attempt
Vostok-2
138th mission
1st mission of 1988
127th successful mission
63rd consecutive successful mission