PSLV
PSLV familyIndian Space Research OrganizationActive
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
- Thrust
- 4,847 kN
- Height
- 44 m
- Diameter
- 2.8 m
- Launch mass
- 295 t
- Stages
- 4
- Launch cost
- $21M
- LEO capacity
- 3,800 kg
- GTO capacity
- 1,200 kg
- SSO capacity
- 1,750 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
12flightswith a definitive outcome
83.3%success rate10 of 12
8success streakcurrent
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.