NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

SROSS-B

Launch Time
Wed Jul 13, 1988 09:18 UTC

Control problems caused the launcher to disintegrate.

Rocket

ASLV
Image Credit: ISRO
ISRO
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,005 kN
Payload to LEO: 150 kg
Stages: 5
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 24.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.0 m

Mission Details

SROSS-B

SROSS-B carried two instruments; a West German Monocular Electro Optical Stereo Scanner (MEOSS) and ISRO's 20-3000keV Gamma-ray Burst Experiment (GRB). The satellite body was three-axis stabilized with momentum wheels and magnetic torquers. A Hydrazine-based monopropellant reaction control system was also fitted. Power was to be provided by body-mounted solar cells and eight deployable fixed solar arrays.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 150.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLV LP, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Stats

1988

62nd orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

6th mission
1st mission of 1988
3rd failed mission

ASLV

2nd mission
1st mission of 1988
2nd failed mission