Sunday, January 30, 1994

Bhaskara 2

 1981-115A


SEO-b, the Bhaskara-2 satellite, was launched on 1981 Nov 20 by Kosmos-3M from Kapustin Yar. The 435 kg ISRO/HAL built satellite was 1.19m high and 1.55m diameter.


Bhaskara 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1981 Nov 20  0830  Launch by Kosmos-3M  KY 
 0832  Stage 2 burn 
 0839  Stage 2 MECO-1 
 0839  Stage 2 VECO-1 
 0854? Stage 2 MES-2 
 0854? Stage 2 MECO-2 
 0854? Stage 2 VECO-2 
 0855 Stage 2 sep (T+25:00) 95.20 521 x 543 x 50.6 
1983 Jul   End of SAMIR operations 
1984 Apr   end of ops 
1991 Nov 30   Reentered 

Payload:

  • TV cameras (2) 0.54-0.66 micron, 0.75-0.85 micron

  • SAMIR Microwave radiometers (3) 19.24, 22.235 and 31.4 GHz , 125 km res.

  • Data Collection system

  • Solar cell experiments

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