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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration."
IRS 1C and 1D (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) were the second version of the series of indigenous state-of-art remote sensing satellites. Skipper was an international project initiated by BMDO to measure the bow-shock UV emissions from reentering bodies at different speeds and heights.
Height 44.00 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 1200 kg
Liftoff Thrust 4847 kN
Diameter 2.80 Meters
Mass To LEO 3800 kg
Liftoff Mass 295 Tonnes
Launch Success 10
Consecutive Success 8
Maiden Flight 1993-09-20
Launch Failures 2