IRS (Indian Remote Sensing satellite)

A series of Earth resources satellites launched by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). The first of them, IRS-1A, followed on from the two Bhaskara experimental resources satellites launched in 1979 and 1981.

spacecraft	launch date	launch vehicle	launch site	orbit	mass (kg)
IRS-1A	Mar. 17, 1988	Vostok M	Baikonur	894 × 912 × 99°	975
IRS-1B	Aug. 29, 1991	Vostok M	Baikonur	890 × 917 × 99°	980
IRS-1E	Sep. 20, 1993	PSLV	Sriharikota	launch failure
IRS-1C	Dec. 28, 1995	Molniya-M	Baikonur	805 × 817 × 99°	1,250
IRS-P3	Mar. 21, 1996	PSLV	Sriharikota	818 × 821 × 99°	930
IRS-1D	Sep. 29, 1997	PSLV	Sriharikota	737 × 827 × 99°

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