PSLV: next launch, record and specs
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).
Record
12 launches, 10 successful (83.3%), 8 successes in a row.
Upcoming PSLV launches
None on the schedule right now.
Specifications
- Maker: Indian Space Research Organization
- First flight: 1993-09-20
- Height: 44 m
- Diameter: 2.8 m
- Payload to low Earth orbit: 3,800 kg
- Payload to geostationary transfer: 1,200 kg
- Reusable: No