Monday, February 15, 1999

IRS-P3

 1996-017A


IRS-P3 was launched by PSLV in Mar 1996. Mass of the satellite was 922 kg. As well as the remote sensing instruments, it carried an X-ray astronomy payload. Three proportional counters studied variable X-ray sources in the 2-18 keV band. The first reported results  were measurements of the X-ray pulsar GX1+4 and the superluminal transient GRS 1915+105.


IRS-P3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1996 Mar 21  0453  Launch by PSLV (D3)  SHAR 
  T+00:30 PSOM 5-6 ignite 
  T+00:54 PSOM 1-4 cutoff 
  T+01:18 PSOM 1-4 sep 
  T+01:19 PSOM 5-6 cutoff 
  T+01:30 PSOM 5-6 sep 
 0454  T+01:43 PS-1 cutoff and sep 
 0454  T+1:44? PS2 burn 2:29 
 0457  T+4:13? PS2 burnout 
 0457  PS2 sep 
 0457  T+4:15? PS3 burn 78s 
 0458  T+5:33? PS3 burnout 
 0458? PS-4 burn 
 0500? PS-4 sep 802 x 848 x 98.8 

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