Bhaskara 1

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General

Designation	11392 / 79051A
Launch date	7 Jun 1979
Country of origin	India
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	394/399 km
Inclination	50.7°
Period	92.5 min
Launch vehicle	Cosmos C
Launch site	Kapustin Yar
Mass at launch	444 kg

Carried two TV cameras, one in visible and the other in near-infrared band, and a 3-frequency passive microwave radiometer. The cameras malfunctioned.

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End of life

Decay

17 Feb 1989

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