Jun 7 1979
From The Space Library
The Soviet Union launched Bhaskara, an Earth-observation satellite, for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) from the Kapustin Yar cosmodrome at 2 p.m. local time on an SS-5 Skean vehicle into an orbit with 541-kilometer apogee, 518-kilometer perigee, 50.7° inclination, and 95.2-minute period. Named for an ancient Indian astronomer, the 1,000-pound India-built spacecraft was the second /launched for India by the Soviet Union; it carried television cameras and equipment for studying hydrology, meteorology, and forestry. India's first satellite, launched about four years ago, was still in orbit and functioning well. (NASA wkly SSR, June 7-13/79; Spacewarn SPX-308; W Post, June 8/79, A-15; Av Wk, July 23/79, 59; D/SD, June 11/79, 200; July 3/79, 10)
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