flown missionSuccess
Molniya-M | IRS-1C & Skipper
Progress Rocket Space Center31/6 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- IRS-1C & Skipper
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
IRS 1C and 1D (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) were the second version of the series of indigenous state-of-art remote sensing satellites. Skipper was an international project initiated by BMDO to measure the bow-shock UV emissions from reentering bodies at different speeds and heights.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Family
- R-7
- Variant
- 2BL
- Provider
- Progress Rocket Space Center
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 31/6
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 45.9960, 63.5640