Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Rocket is the third generation launch vehicle of India. It is the first Indian launch vehicle to be equipped with liquid stages.
PSLV first successful launch in October 1994. The vehicle successfully launched two spacecraft “Chandrayaan-1 in 2008 and Mars Orbiter Spacecraft in 2013” that later travelled to Moon and Mars respectively.
PSLV-XL ConfigurationGross Weight 320t Overall height 44.4 m Diameter 2.8m Features 04 stage vehicle, multiple satellite launch capability and multiple orbit capability
Vehicle SpecificationsHeight 44 m Diameter 2.8 m Number of Stages 4 Lift Off Mass 320 tonnes (XL) Variants 4 (PSLV,CA,DL,QL,XL) First Flight September 20, 1993
List of PSLV LaunchesSl. No. Satellite Name Launch Date Launcher Type Payload Remarks 1 PSLV-D1 Sep 20, 1993 PSLV-G Mission Unsuccessful 2 PSLV-D2 Oct 15, 1994 PSLV-G IRS-P2 3 PSLV-D3 / IRS-P3 Mar 21, 1996 PSLV-G IRS-P3 4 PSLV-C1 / IRS-1D Sep 29, 1997 PSLV-G IRS-1D 5 PSLV-C2/IRS-P4 May 26, 1999 PSLV-G Oceansat(IRS-P4) 6 PSLV-C3 / TES Oct 22, 2001 PSLV-G The Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) 7 PSLV-C4 /KALPANA-1 Sep 12, 2002 PSLV-G KALPANA-1 8 PSLV-C5 /RESOURCESAT-1 Oct 17, 2003 PSLV-G IRS-P6 / RESOURCESAT-1 9 PSLV-C6/CARTOSAT-1/HAMSAT May 05, 2005 PSLV-G CARTOSAT-1 HAMSAT 10 PSLV-C7 / CARTOSAT-2 / SRE-1 Jan 10, 2007 PSLV-G CARTOSAT-2 11 PSLV-C8 Apr 23, 2007 PSLV-CA 12 PSLV-C10 Jan 21, 2008 PSLV-CA 13 PSLV-C9 / CARTOSAT – 2A Apr 28, 2008 PSLV-CA CARTOSAT – 2A IMS-1 14 PSLV-C11 Oct 22, 2008 PSLV-XL Chandrayaan-1 15 PSLV-C12 / RISAT-2 Apr 20, 2009 PSLV-CA RISAT-2 16 PSLV-C14 / OCEANSAT-2 Sep 23, 2009 PSLV-CA Oceansat-2 17 PSLV-C15/CARTOSAT-2B Jul 12, 2010 PSLV-CA CARTOSAT-2B 18 PSLV-C16/RESOURCESAT-2 Apr 20, 2011 PSLV-G RESOURCESAT-2 YOUTHSAT 19 PSLV-C17/GSAT-12 Jul 15, 2011 PSLV-XL GSAT-12 20 PSLV-C18/Megha-Tropiques Oct 12, 2011 PSLV-CA Megha-Tropiques 21 PSLV-C19/RISAT-1 Apr 26, 2012 PSLV-XL RISAT-1 22 PSLV-C21 Sep 09, 2012 PSLV-CA 23 PSLV-C20/SARAL Feb 25, 2013 PSLV-CA SARAL 24 PSLV-C22/IRNSS-1A Jul 01, 2013 PSLV-XL IRNSS-1A 25 PSLV-C25 Nov 05, 2013 PSLV-XL Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft 26 PSLV-C24/IRNSS-1B Apr 04, 2014 PSLV-XL IRNSS-1B 27 PSLV-C23 Jun 30, 2014 PSLV-CA 28 PSLV-C26/IRNSS-1C Oct 16, 2014 PSLV-XL IRNSS-1C 29 PSLV-C27/IRNSS-1D Mar 28, 2015 PSLV-XL IRNSS-1D 30 PSLV-C28 / DMC3 Mission Jul 10, 2015 PSLV-XL 31 PSLV-C30/AstroSat MISSION Sep 28, 2015 PSLV-XL Astrosat 32 PSLV-C29 / TeLEOS-1 Mission Dec 16, 2015 PSLV-CA 33 PSLV-C31/IRNSS-1E Jan 20, 2016 PSLV-XL IRNSS-1E 34 PSLV-C32/IRNSS-1F Mar 10, 2016 PSLV-XL IRNSS-1F 35 PSLV-C33/IRNSS-1G Apr 28, 2016 PSLV-XL IRNSS-1G 36 PSLV-C34 / CARTOSAT-2 Series Satellite Jun 22, 2016 PSLV-XL CARTOSAT-2 Series Satellite 37 PSLV-C35 / SCATSAT-1 Sep 26, 2016 PSLV SCATSAT-1 38 PSLV-C36 / RESOURCESAT-2A Dec 07, 2016 PSLV-XL RESOURCESAT-2A 39 PSLV-C37 / Cartosat -2 Series Satellite Feb 15, 2017 PSLV-XL Cartosat -2 Series Satellite 40 PSLV-C38 / Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Jun 23, 2017 PSLV-XL Cartosat-2 Series Satellite 41 PSLV-C39/IRNSS-1H Mission Aug 31, 2017 PSLV-XL IRNSS-1H Mission Unsuccessful 42 PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission Jan 12, 2018 PSLV-XL Cartosat-2 Series Satellite 43 PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1I Apr 12, 2018 PSLV-XL IRNSS-1I 44 PSLV-C42 Mission Sep 16, 2018 PSLV 45 PSLV-C43 / HysIS Mission Nov 29, 2018 PSLV HysIS 46 PSLV-C44 Jan 24, 2019 PSLV-DL Microsat-R 47 PSLV-C45/EMISAT MISSION Apr 01, 2019 PSLV-QL EMISAT 48 PSLV-C46 Mission May 22, 2019 PSLV-CA RISAT-2B 49 PSLV-C47 / Cartosat-3 Mission Nov 27, 2019 PSLV-XL Cartosat-3 50 PSLV-C48/RISAT-2BR1 Dec 11, 2019 PSLV-QL RISAT-2BR1 51 PSLV-C49/EOS-01 Nov 07, 2020 PSLV-DL EOS-01 52 PSLV-C50/CMS-01 Dec 17, 2020 PSLV-XL CMS-01 53 PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 Feb 28, 2021 PSLV-DL 54 PSLV-C52/EOS-04 Mission Feb 14, 2022 PSLV-XL 55 PSLV-C53/DS-EO Mission Jun 30, 2022 56 PSLV-C54/EOS-06 Mission Nov 26, 2022 PSLV-XL EOS_06 57 PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 Mission Apr 22, 2023 PSLV-CA TeLEOS-2