SUCCESSFUL ISRO LAUNCH OF

PSLV-C23 WITH ONBOARD

SATELLITES BELONGING TO
FOUR COUNTRIES ON 30
TH

JUNE,14 FROM SDSC SHAR,
SRIHARIKOTA
ABOUT PSLV
PSLV Polar satellite launch vehicle
It is the first operational launch
vehicle of ISRO.
It is capable of launching 1600 Kg to
Sun Synchronous Satellite and 1050
Kg to Geo-synchronous Satellite.
PSLV has FOUR Stages.
It uses both Solid and Liquid
Propulsion systems.
The 1
st
Successful PSLV launch was
on 15
th
October 1995. It carried the
IRS (Remote Sensing) Satellite.
STAGES OF PSLV
ON-BOARD PSLV C23 PAYLOADS
SPOT 7 (France)
French optical earth observation
satellite
Built by AIRBUS Defence &
Space
AISAT (Germany)
Nano-satellite class
Global Sea Traffic Monitoring
system
NLS7.1 & NLS7.2 (Canada)
Cm level relative position & sub-
meter level accurate position
control system.
Mainly used for Spacecraft
Precision Formation Flying
VELOX 1 (NTU Singapore)
Technology demonstrator for in-house
design of image sensor.
MEMS Based attitude determination and
control system.

ISRO Launch Vehicles