Vostok-2M | IRS-1B

Launch Time
Thu Aug 29, 1991 06:48 UTC

Last flight of Vostok-2M, and last flight of a Vostok rocket.

Vostok-2M

RVSN USSR

Status: Retired

Liftoff Thrust: 4,570 kN

Payload to LEO: 5,100 kg

Payload to GTO: 0 kg

Stages: 3

Strap-ons: 4

Rocket Height: 38.76 m

Fairing Diameter: 2.58 m

Fairing Height: 7.14 m

Details

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: 980.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

63rd orbital launch attempt

140th mission

1st mission of 1991

129th successful mission

65th consecutive successful mission