Manufacturer | ISRO |
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Country of origin | India |
Operator | ISRO |
Applications | Experimental Satellites |
Specifications | |
Launch mass | 30–41.5 kilograms (66–91 lb) |
Dimensions | 360 |
Power | 3 watts (RTP) 16 watts (others) |
Equipment | Launch Vehicle monitor Solid State camera(RS-D2) |
Regime | 400km Circular Low Earth |
Design life | 8 |
Production | |
Status | Retired |
Launched | 4 |
Retired | 2 |
Lost | 2 |
Maiden launch | RTP 10 August 1979 Rohini Satellite 1 18 July 1980 (Successful) |
Last launch | Rohini RS-D2 17 April 1983 |
Last retirement | Rohini RS-D2 |
Related spacecraft | |
Derived from | 6 |
Derivatives | 5 |
Rohini is a series of satellites launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The Rohini series consisted of four satellites, each of which was launched by the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV)[1] and three of which made it successfully to orbit. The series were mostly experimental satellites, with the first launch being in 1979. There was an earlier series of ISRO sounding rockets with the same name, first launched 1967.