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Rohini
Credit - ISRC

Class: Earth. Type: Landsat. Nation: India. Agency: ISRO.

Experimental-technology mission.

Typical orbit: 316 x 703 km, 45.6 deg inclinaton. Mass: 41 kg (90 lb).

Rohini Chronology

1980 July 18 - Rohini RS-1 - Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: SLV. Launch Vehicle: SLV. Mass: 40 kg (88 lb). Perigee: 307 km (190 mi). Apogee: 921 km (572 mi). Inclination: 44.70 deg. Period: 97.00 min.
Experimental-technology mission. Rohini satellite RS-1.

1983 April 17 - Rohini 3 - Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: SLV. Launch Vehicle: SLV. Mass: 42 kg (92 lb). Perigee: 326 km (202 mi). Apogee: 485 km (301 mi). Inclination: 46.60 deg. Period: 92.70 min.
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:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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