1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach
Bhaskara-1
India's first low-orbit Earth observation satellite.
Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 1979
- Lead / partner
- India / Soviet Union
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Earth observation
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- C-1 Intercosmos Launch Vehicle
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
- Duration
- 10 years (Re-Entered in 1991)
Why it happened
Bhaskara-1 flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of India / Soviet Union's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: India's first low-orbit Earth observation satellite.
Results
India's first low-orbit Earth observation satellite.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog