PSLV
ActiveIndian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Sept. 20, 1993
Description
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV in 1993, commercially available only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).
Specifications
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Stages
4 -
Length
44.0 m -
Diameter
2.8 m -
Fairing Diameter
2.8 m -
Launch Mass
295 T -
Thrust
4847 kN
Family
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Name
PSLV -
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
PSLV
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
$21000000 -
Low Earth Orbit
3800 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
1200 kg -
Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
1750 kg
Indian Space Research Organization
Government
Chairman: S. Somanath
ISRO 1969The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration."
Upcoming Spaceflights
PSLV | Proba-3
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
TBD September, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Proba-3 (Project for On-Board Autonomy 3) is the first close formation flying mission for the European Space Agency (ESA). It consists of two independent, three-axis stabilised spacecraft flying 150 meters from one another with the ability to accurately control the attitude and separation of the two craft. Such formation flying will be maintained for 6 hours, creating ″artificial solar eclipse″ for the satellite below. The spacecraft pair will fly a highly elliptical orbit divided between periods of accurate formation flying around apogee, when payload operations will be possible, and periods of free flight.
Elliptical OrbitPSLV | TDS-01
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
TBD September, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
TDS-01 (Technology Demonstration Satellite-01) is an Indian geostationary orbit technology demonstration satellite carrying payloads for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar and the CSIR-CEERI, Pilani. Payloads to be tested included an internally developed 300 mN electric powered thrusters, atomic clocks, travelling wave tube amplifiers (TWTA) & a quantum communication suite (QuTDS).
Geostationary Transfer OrbitPSLV | RISAT-2A
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
TBD December, 2024
PSLV | SCATSat-1
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Sept. 26, 2016, 3:42 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
ScatSat-1 is a microsatellite of 371 kg and a mission life of 5 years. It is tasked to provide weather forecasting, cyclone prediction, and tracking services to India. This launch will also carry 7 other satellites, the 117kg Alsat-2B, the 103kg Alsat-1B & the 7kg Alsat-1N earth observation satellites for Algerian Space Agency, the 44kg Pathfinder-1 earth imager for Blacksky, the 8kg CanX-7 deorbiter for UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory, the 10kg Pratham Ionospheric Tomographer for IIT Bombay and the 5.25kg PiSat earth imager for PES University.
Low Earth OrbitPSLV | Resourcesat-2
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
April 20, 2011, 4:42 a.m.
PSLV | Cartosat 2 & SRE 1
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Jan. 10, 2007, 3:54 a.m.
PSLV | Cartosat-1
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
May 5, 2005, 4:45 a.m.
PSLV | Resourcesat
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Oct. 17, 2003, 4:52 a.m.
PSLV | KALPANA-1
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Sept. 12, 2002, 10:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Kalpana-1 was the first dedicated meteorological satellite launched by Indian Space Research Organisation using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on 12 September 2002. The satellite is three-axis stabilized and is powered by solar panels, getting up to 550 watts (0.74 hp) of power. The METSAT bus was used as the basis for the Chandrayaan lunar orbiter mission of 2008.
Geostationary OrbitPSLV | TES
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Oct. 22, 2001, 4:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) is Indian remote sensing and photo-reconnaissance satellite. The 1108 kg satellite carries a one-meter resolution panchromatic camera is an experimental satellite to demonstrate and validate, in orbit, technologies that could be used in the future satellites of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was successfully placed in 572 km Sun-synchronous orbit on 22 October 2001 using the PSLV-C3. The PSLV-C3 also injected two more satellites: PROBA, a Belgian satellite and BIRD, a German satellite.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitPSLV | IRS-P4 & Uribyol-3
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
May 26, 1999, 6:22 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
IRS-P4 (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) or Oceansat is the first indian satellite primarily built for Ocean applications. Kitsat (Korean Institute of Technology Satellite 3), renamed on orbit as Uribyol 3, was the first Korean satellite in true sense and was launched by an Indian PSLV-G (2) rocket in May 1999.
Polar OrbitPSLV | IRS-1D
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Sept. 29, 1997, 4:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
IRS 1C and 1D (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) were the second version of the series of indigenous state-of-art remote sensing satellites. Skipper was an international project initiated by BMDO to measure the bow-shock UV emissions from reentering bodies at different speeds and heights.
Low Earth OrbitPSLV | IRS-P3
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
March 21, 1996, 4:53 a.m.
PSLV | IRS-P2
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Oct. 15, 1994, 5:05 a.m.
PSLV | IRS-P1
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Sept. 20, 1993, 5:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
IRS-1E (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) satellite was an experimental Indian earth observing satellite, which was derived from the engineering model of IRS-1A incorporating a Monocular Electro-Optical Stereo Scanner developed by DLR, Germany, and a LISS-I camera similar to that on IRS-1A.
Low Earth OrbitLong March 4C
Shiyan 23
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Falcon 9
Starlink Group 8-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 3
ZHTW 1-01
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Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-56
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 6C
Maiden Flight
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