IRS-1A

Designation	18960 / 88021A
Launch date	17 Mar 1988 - 7:12 UT
Launch site	B, LC31
Launch vehicle	Vostok-2M (8A92M)
Mission	Operational Remote sensing
Polar sun-synchronous Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee	893/913 km
Inclination	98.8°
Period	103.1 min

Prime manufacturer
Platform
Operator
Mass at launch	975 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment	Three solid state Push Broom Cameras: LISS-1(72.5 metre resolution), LISS-2A and LISS-2B (36.25 metre resolution)
Solar array
Communication	S-band, X-band and VHF(commanding only)
Stabilization	Three axis body stabilized (zero momentum) with 4 Reactions Wheels, Magnetic torquers
RCS	Monopropellant Hydrazine based with sixteen 1 Newton thrusters
DC power	600 W
Design lifetime

End of Operation:	July 1996
Cause:

First commercial satellite launched by the CIS's organization Glavcosmos.
IRS-1A, the first of the series of indigenous state-of-art remote sensing satellites, was successfully launched into a polar sun-synchronous orbit on March 17, 1988 from the Soviet Cosmodrome at Baikonur. IRS-1A carries two cameras, LISS-I and LISS-II with resolutions of 73 metres and 36.25 metres respectively with a swath width of about 140 km during each pass over the country.
Mission completed during July 1996 after serving for 8 years and 4 months.

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