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Molniya-M | IRS-1C & Skipper

IRS-1C & Skipper

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Launch Details

Date: 28 Dec 1995, 06:45 am UTC

Rocket: Molniya-M (R-7)

Provider: Progress Rocket Space Center

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

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.