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BHASKARA 2

NORAD 12968 · Payload · Reentered 1991-11-30

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Launched
1981-11-20 · Kapustin Yar, Russia
Country / operator
IND (India)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
425 kg
Size
1.7 × 1.6 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
135 × 144 km
Inclination
50.6°
Period
87.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0007
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.