Indian Space Research OrganizationASLVSLV-3 Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
SROSS-C
Launched
May 20, 1992
Image: ISRO
Summary
SROSS-C launched on an Indian Space Research Organization ASLV from SLV-3 Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India on May 20, 1992. It was Indian Space Research Organization's 7th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,717th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd ASLV flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SROSS-C, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 257 × 442 km orbit inclined 46.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- ASLV · Indian Space Research Organization
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd ASLV flight · 1st this yearIndian Space Research Organization's 7th launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,717th orbital launch attempt29th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SROSS-C · NORAD 21968 · 1992-028 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SROSS C
- Object ID
- 1992-028A
- Epoch
- 1992-05-20 07:27:49 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.75711586 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0137306
- Inclination
- 46.0473°
- Ascending node
- 158.4814°
- Arg. of perigee
- 318.3452°
- Mean anomaly
- 37.3447°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- SROSS-C · NORAD 21968 · re-entered July 14, 1992
ASLV-D3 Stage 4 · re-entered June 24, 1992
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SROSS C and C2 (Stretched Rohini Satellite Series) were the third and fourth satellites in ISRO's SROSS series and to perform experiments on Gamma-ray astronomy and ionospheric science.
Pad
SLV-3 Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
7th launch from SLV-3 Launch Pad, 1st this year · 7th from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
8 launches from this pad · 105 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
about 4 years after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did SROSS-C launch?
SROSS-C launched on May 20, 1992. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SROSS-C?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SROSS-C?
ASLV, flown by Indian Space Research Organization. ASLV spec sheet
Where did SROSS-C launch from?
SLV-3 Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
What orbit did SROSS-C reach?
SROSS-C, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 257 × 442 km orbit inclined 46.0°.
How many satellites did SROSS-C launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).