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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 Configuration

Gross Weight320t
Overall height44.4 m
Diameter2.8m
Features04 stage vehicle, multiple satellite launch capability and multiple orbit capability

Vehicle Specifications

Height44 m
Diameter2.8 m
Number of Stages4
Lift Off Mass320 tonnes (XL)
Variants4 (PSLV,CA,DL,QL,XL)
First FlightSeptember 20, 1993

List of PSLV Launches

Sl. No.Satellite NameLaunch DateLauncher TypePayloadRemarks
1PSLV-D1Sep 20, 1993PSLV-GMission Unsuccessful
2PSLV-D2Oct 15, 1994PSLV-GIRS-P2
3PSLV-D3 / IRS-P3Mar 21, 1996PSLV-GIRS-P3
4PSLV-C1 / IRS-1DSep 29, 1997PSLV-GIRS-1D
5PSLV-C2/IRS-P4May 26, 1999PSLV-GOceansat(IRS-P4)
6PSLV-C3 / TESOct 22, 2001PSLV-GThe Technology Experiment Satellite (TES)
7PSLV-C4 /KALPANA-1Sep 12, 2002PSLV-GKALPANA-1
8PSLV-C5 /RESOURCESAT-1Oct 17, 2003PSLV-GIRS-P6 / RESOURCESAT-1
9PSLV-C6/CARTOSAT-1/HAMSATMay 05, 2005PSLV-GCARTOSAT-1
HAMSAT
10PSLV-C7 / CARTOSAT-2 / SRE-1Jan 10, 2007PSLV-GCARTOSAT-2
11PSLV-C8Apr 23, 2007PSLV-CA
12PSLV-C10Jan 21, 2008PSLV-CA
13PSLV-C9 / CARTOSAT – 2AApr 28, 2008PSLV-CACARTOSAT – 2A
IMS-1
14PSLV-C11Oct 22, 2008PSLV-XLChandrayaan-1
15PSLV-C12 / RISAT-2Apr 20, 2009PSLV-CARISAT-2
16PSLV-C14 / OCEANSAT-2Sep 23, 2009PSLV-CAOceansat-2
17PSLV-C15/CARTOSAT-2BJul 12, 2010PSLV-CACARTOSAT-2B
18PSLV-C16/RESOURCESAT-2Apr 20, 2011PSLV-GRESOURCESAT-2
YOUTHSAT
19PSLV-C17/GSAT-12Jul 15, 2011PSLV-XLGSAT-12
20PSLV-C18/Megha-TropiquesOct 12, 2011PSLV-CAMegha-Tropiques
21PSLV-C19/RISAT-1Apr 26, 2012PSLV-XLRISAT-1
22PSLV-C21Sep 09, 2012PSLV-CA
23PSLV-C20/SARALFeb 25, 2013PSLV-CASARAL
24PSLV-C22/IRNSS-1AJul 01, 2013PSLV-XLIRNSS-1A
25PSLV-C25Nov 05, 2013PSLV-XLMars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft
26PSLV-C24/IRNSS-1BApr 04, 2014PSLV-XLIRNSS-1B
27PSLV-C23Jun 30, 2014PSLV-CA
28PSLV-C26/IRNSS-1COct 16, 2014PSLV-XLIRNSS-1C
29PSLV-C27/IRNSS-1DMar 28, 2015PSLV-XLIRNSS-1D
30PSLV-C28 / DMC3 MissionJul 10, 2015PSLV-XL
31PSLV-C30/AstroSat MISSIONSep 28, 2015PSLV-XLAstrosat
32PSLV-C29 / TeLEOS-1 MissionDec 16, 2015PSLV-CA
33PSLV-C31/IRNSS-1EJan 20, 2016PSLV-XLIRNSS-1E
34PSLV-C32/IRNSS-1FMar 10, 2016PSLV-XLIRNSS-1F
35PSLV-C33/IRNSS-1GApr 28, 2016PSLV-XLIRNSS-1G
36PSLV-C34 / CARTOSAT-2 Series SatelliteJun 22, 2016PSLV-XLCARTOSAT-2 Series Satellite
37PSLV-C35 / SCATSAT-1Sep 26, 2016PSLVSCATSAT-1
38PSLV-C36 / RESOURCESAT-2ADec 07, 2016PSLV-XLRESOURCESAT-2A
39PSLV-C37 / Cartosat -2 Series SatelliteFeb 15, 2017PSLV-XLCartosat -2 Series Satellite
40PSLV-C38 / Cartosat-2 Series SatelliteJun 23, 2017PSLV-XLCartosat-2 Series Satellite
41PSLV-C39/IRNSS-1H MissionAug 31, 2017PSLV-XLIRNSS-1HMission Unsuccessful
42PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite MissionJan 12, 2018PSLV-XLCartosat-2 Series Satellite
43PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1IApr 12, 2018PSLV-XLIRNSS-1I
44PSLV-C42 MissionSep 16, 2018PSLV
45PSLV-C43 / HysIS MissionNov 29, 2018PSLVHysIS
46PSLV-C44Jan 24, 2019PSLV-DLMicrosat-R
47PSLV-C45/EMISAT MISSIONApr 01, 2019PSLV-QLEMISAT
48PSLV-C46 MissionMay 22, 2019PSLV-CARISAT-2B
49PSLV-C47 / Cartosat-3 MissionNov 27, 2019PSLV-XLCartosat-3
50PSLV-C48/RISAT-2BR1Dec 11, 2019PSLV-QLRISAT-2BR1
51PSLV-C49/EOS-01Nov 07, 2020PSLV-DLEOS-01
52PSLV-C50/CMS-01Dec 17, 2020PSLV-XLCMS-01
53PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1Feb 28, 2021PSLV-DL
54PSLV-C52/EOS-04 MissionFeb 14, 2022PSLV-XL
55PSLV-C53/DS-EO MissionJun 30, 2022
56PSLV-C54/EOS-06 MissionNov 26, 2022PSLV-XLEOS_06
57PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 MissionApr 22, 2023PSLV-CATeLEOS-2

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