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Mission type | Experimental Remote Sensing Earth Obsservation Satellite |
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Mission duration | 10 years (Re-Entered in 1989) [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Unmanned |
Manufacturer |
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Launch mass | 444 kilograms (979 lb) |
Power | 47 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 7 June 1979 | IST
Rocket | C-1 Intercosmos Launch Vehicle |
Launch site | Kapustin Yar |
Bhaskara-I and II were two satellites built by the Indian Space Research Organisation that formed India's first low-Earth orbit Earth observation satellite. They collected data oceanography and hydrology. Both satellites are named after ancient Indian mathematicians Bhāskara I and Bhāskara II. [2]
Bhaskara-I, weighing 444 kg at launch, was launched on 7 June 1979 from Kapustin Yar aboard the Intercosmos launch vehicle. It was placed in an orbital Perigee and Apogee of 394 km and 399 km at an inclination of 50.7°. [3] The satellite consisted of-
Mission type | Experimental Remote Sensing Earth Observation Satellite |
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Mission duration | 10 years (Re-Entered in 1991) [4] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Unmanned |
Manufacturer | ISRO |
Launch mass | 444 kilograms (979 lb) |
Power | 47 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 20 November 1981 | IST
Rocket | C-1 Intercosmos Launch Vehicle |
Launch site | Volgograd Launch Station |
it is an 2th satillite of ISRO india | |
The satellite provided ocean and land surface data. It orbited at 541 × 557 km with an inclination of 50.7°.
One of two onboard cameras malfunctioned, however it sent back more than two thousand images. Housekeeping telemetry was received until re-entry in 1991. [5]