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Class: Earth. Type: Landsat. Nation: India. Experimental-technology mission.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 41 kg.
Rohini Chronology
18 July 1980
Rohini RS-1 Launch Site: Sriharikota . Launch Vehicle: SLV. Mass: 40 kg. Perigee: 307 km. Apogee: 921 km. Inclination: 44.7 deg. Experimental-technology mission. Rohini satellite RS-1.
17 April 1983
Rohini 3 Launch Site: Sriharikota . Launch Vehicle: SLV. Mass: 42 kg. Perigee: 326 km. Apogee: 485 km. Inclination: 46.6 deg. Rohini satellite D-2. Second developmental flight of an SLV-3 launch vehicle. The Rohini satellite D-2 carried a sensor payload for conducting remote-sensing experiments and for accurate orbit and attitude determination.
Bibliography:- 2 - McDowell, Jonathan, The United Nations Registry of Space Objects, Harvard University, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/un/un.html
- 6 - JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html
- 279 - McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html
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Last update 12 March 2001.
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