Rohini RS-D1, an ISRO developmental Earth-observation technology satellite launched on India's SLV-3 from Sriharikota; reached a lower-than-planned low Earth orbit and decayed after about a week on 8 June (partial failure).
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 40 kg
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 4 SLV-3 flights
- Date and time
- 31 May 1981, 03:33 UTC
- Rocket
- SLV-3
- Builder
- ISRO
- Launch site
- SLV-3 Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1981-051
- Launches in 1981
- 53rd of 126
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