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POLAR SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE

About the Launch Vehicle

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is the third generation launch vehicle of India. It is the ㋨rst Indian launch vehicle to be equipped with liquid stages. After its ㋨rst
successful launch in October 1994, PSLV emerged as the reliable and versatile workhorse launch vehicle of India with 39 consecutively successful missions by June 2017.
During 1994-2017 period, the vehicle has launched 48 Indian satellites and 209 satellites for customers from abroad.

Besides, the vehicle successfully launched two spacecraft – Chandrayaan-1 in 2008 and Mars Orbiter Spacecraft in 2013 – that later traveled to Moon and Mars
respectively

Vehicle Specifications

Height : 44 m

Diameter : 2.8 m

Number of Stages :4

Lift Off Mass : 320 tonnes (XL)

Variants : 3 (PSLV-G, PSLV - CA, PSLV - XL)

First Flight : September 20, 1993

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Payload to SSPO: 1,750 kg

PSLV earned its title 'the Workhorse of ISRO' through consistently delivering various satellites to Low Earth Orbits, particularly the IRS series of satellites. It can take up to
1,750 kg of payload to Sun-Synchronous Polar Orbits of 600 km altitude.

Payload to Sub GTO: 1,425 kg

Due to its unmatched reliability, PSLV has also been used to launch various satellites into Geosynchronous and Geostationary orbits, like satellites from the IRNSS
constellation.

Fourth Stage: PS4

The PS4 is the uppermost stage of PSLV, comprising of two Earth storable liquid engines.

Engine : 2 x PS-4

Fuel : MMH + MON

Max. Thrust : 7.6 x 2 kN

Third Stage: PS3

The third stage of PSLV is a solid rocket motor that provides the upper stages high thrust after the atmospheric phase of the launch.

Fuel : HTPB

Max. Thrust : 240 kN

Second Stage: PS2

PSLV uses an Earth storable liquid rocket engine for its second stage, know as the Vikas engine, developed by Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre.

Engine : Vikas

Fuel : UDMH + N2O4

Max. Thrust : 799 kN

First Stage: PS1

PSLV uses the S139 solid rocket motor that is augmented by 6 solid strap-on boosters.

Engine : S139

Fuel : HTPB

Max. Thrust : 4800 kN

Strap-on Motors
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PSLV uses 6 solid rocket strap-on motors to augment the thrust provided by the ㋨rst stage in its PSLV-G and PSLV-XL variants. However, strap-ons are not used in the core
alone version (PSLV-CA).

Fuel : HTPB

Max. Thrust : 719 kN

PSLV Launches Till Date

Launch Date (/launchers/pslv? Launcher Type (/launchers/pslv? Orbit (/launchers/pslv?
SN Title order=㋨eld_launchdate&sort=asc) order=㋨eld_launcher_type&sort=asc) order=㋨eld_lvorbit&sort=asc) Payload Remark

47 PSLV-C45/EMISAT Apr 01, 2019 PSLV

MISSION
(/launcher/pslv-
c45-emisat-mission)

46 PSLV-C44 Jan 24, 2019 PSLV-DL SSPO

(/launcher/pslv-
c44)

45 PSLV-C43 / HysIS Nov 29, 2018 PSLV SSPO HysIS (/Spacecraft/hysis)

Mission
(/launcher/pslv-
c43-hysis-mission)

44 PSLV-C42 Mission Sep 16, 2018 PSLV SSPO

(/launcher/pslv-
c42-mission)

43 PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1I Apr 12, 2018 PSLV-XL GSO IRNSS-1I

(/launcher/pslv- (/Spacecraft/irnss-1i)
c41-irnss-1i)

42 PSLV-C40/Cartosat- Jan 12, 2018 PSLV-XL SSPO Cartosat-2 Series Satellite

2 Series Satellite (/Spacecraft/cartosat-2-
Mission series-satellite-2)
(/launcher/pslv-
c40-cartosat-2-
series-satellite-
mission)

41 PSLV-C39/IRNSS-1H Aug 31, 2017 PSLV-XL IRNSS-1H Mission

Mission (/Spacecraft/irnss-1h) Unsucc
(/launcher/pslv-
c39-irnss-1h-
mission)

40 PSLV-C38 / Jun 23, 2017 PSLV-XL SSPO Cartosat-2 Series Satellite

Cartosat-2 Series (/Spacecraft/cartosat-2-
Satellite series-satellite-1)
(/launcher/pslv-
c38-cartosat-2-
series-satellite)

39 PSLV-C37 / Cartosat Feb 15, 2017 PSLV-XL SSPO Cartosat -2 Series Satellite
-2 Series Satellite (/Spacecraft/cartosat-2-
(/launcher/pslv- series-satellite-0)
c37-cartosat-2-
series-satellite)

38 PSLV-C36 / Dec 07, 2016 PSLV-XL SSPO RESOURCESAT-2A

RESOURCESAT-2A (/Spacecraft/resourcesat-
(/launcher/pslv- 2a)
c36-resourcesat-2a)

37 PSLV-C35 / Sep 26, 2016 PSLV SSPO SCATSAT-1

SCATSAT-1 (/Spacecraft/scatsat-1)
(/launcher/pslv-
c35-scatsat-1)
 Launch Date (/launchers/pslv? Launcher Type (/launchers/pslv? Orbit (/launchers/pslv?
SN Title order=㋨eld_launchdate&sort=asc) order=㋨eld_launcher_type&sort=asc) order=㋨eld_lvorbit&sort=asc) Payload
 Remark

36 PSLV-C34 / Jun 22, 2016 PSLV-XL SSPO CARTOSAT-2 Series

CARTOSAT-2 Series Satellite
Satellite (/Spacecraft/cartosat-2-
(/launcher/pslv- series-satellite)
c34-cartosat-2-
series-satellite)

35 PSLV-C33/IRNSS-1G Apr 28, 2016 PSLV-XL GTO IRNSS-1G

(/launcher/pslv- (/Spacecraft/irnss-1g)
c33-irnss-1g)

34 PSLV-C32/IRNSS-1F Mar 10, 2016 PSLV-XL GTO IRNSS-1F

(/launcher/pslv- (/Spacecraft/irnss-1f)
c32-irnss-1f)

33 PSLV-C31/IRNSS-1E Jan 20, 2016 PSLV-XL GTO IRNSS-1E

(/launcher/pslv- (/Spacecraft/irnss-1e)
c31-irnss-1e)

32 PSLV-C29 / Dec 16, 2015 PSLV-CA LEO

TeLEOS-1 Mission
(/pslv-c29-teleos-1-
mission)

31 PSLV-C30/AstroSat Sep 28, 2015 PSLV-XL LEO Astrosat

MISSION (/Spacecraft/astrosat)
(/launcher/pslv-
c30-astrosat-
mission)

30 PSLV-C28 / DMC3 Jul 10, 2015 PSLV-XL LEO

Mission
(/launcher/pslv-
c28-dmc3-mission)

29 PSLV-C27/IRNSS-1D Mar 28, 2015 PSLV-XL GTO IRNSS-1D

(/launcher/pslv- (/Spacecraft/irnss-1d)
c27-irnss-1d)

28 PSLV-C26/IRNSS-1C Oct 16, 2014 PSLV-XL GTO IRNSS-1C

(/launcher/pslv- (/Spacecraft/irnss-1c-0)
c26-irnss-1c)

27 PSLV-C23 Jun 30, 2014 PSLV-CA SSPO

(/launcher/pslv-
c23)

26 PSLV-C24/IRNSS-1B Apr 04, 2014 PSLV-XL GTO IRNSS-1B

(/launcher/pslv- (/Spacecraft/irnss-1b-0)
c24-irnss-1b)

25 PSLV-C25 Nov 05, 2013 PSLV-XL HEO Mars Orbiter Mission

(/launcher/pslv- Spacecraft
c25) (/Spacecraft/mars-
orbiter-mission-spacecraft)

24 PSLV-C22/IRNSS-1A Jul 01, 2013 PSLV-XL GTO IRNSS-1A

(/launcher/pslv- (/Spacecraft/irnss-1a)
c22-irnss-1a)

23 PSLV-C20/SARAL Feb 25, 2013 PSLV-CA SSPO SARAL (/Spacecraft/saral)

(/launcher/pslv-
c20-saral)

22 PSLV-C21 Sep 09, 2012 PSLV-CA SSPO

(/launcher/pslv-c21)

21 PSLV-C19/RISAT-1 Apr 26, 2012 PSLV-XL SSPO RISAT-1 (/Spacecraft/risat-

(/launcher/pslv- 1)
c19-risat-1)