The PSLV-CA, CA meaning "Core Alone", model premiered on 23 April 2007. The CA model does not include the six strap-on boosters used by the PSLV standard variant. The fourth stage of the CA variant has 400 kg less propellant when compared to its standard version. It currently has capability to launch 1,100 kg to a 622 km Sun synchronous orbit.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 4,847 kN
- Height
- 44 m
- Diameter
- 2.8 m
- Launch mass
- 230 t
- Stages
- 4
- Launch cost
- $16M
- LEO capacity
- 3,800 kg
- GTO capacity
- 1,200 kg
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- 1,092 kg
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
18
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
100%
18 of 18
Current success streak
18
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
Next: PSLV-CA | ISSA-J1 — June 30, 2027
- PSLV-CA | SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment) — Success
- PSLV-CA | DS-SAR — Success
- PSLV-CA | TeLEOS-2 — Success
- PSLV-CA | DS-EO & others — Success
- PSLV-CA | RISAT-2B — Success