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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
05:35:45
Sunday April 17, 1983
Last flight of SLV-3.
Rohini RS-D2 was a 41.5 kg experimental spin-stabilized satellite that used 16W of power and was launched into an orbit of 371 km × 861 km and an inclination of 46°. The satellite was in operation (mission life) for 17 months and its main payload, a smart sensor camera, took over 2500 pictures. The camera had the capability to take pictures both in visible and infrared bands. After an orbital life of 7 years, the satellite reentered the atmosphere on 19 April 1990.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
42 kilograms
4th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1983
4th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1983
34th
Orbital launch attempt