PSLV - PSLV - COSPAR 1994-068 13,953 bytes. 82 x 437 pixels.

Indian third-generation launch vehicle, large enough to carry polar-orbiting earth resources satellites.

Launches: 5. Failures: 1. Success Rate: 80.00% pct. First Launch Date: 20 September 1993. Last Launch Date: 26 May 1999. LEO Payload: 3,700 kg. to: 200 km Orbit. at: 49.5 degrees. Payload: 800 kg. to a: Geosynchronous transfer, 18 deg inclination trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 540,000 kgf. Total Mass: 294,000 kg. Core Diameter: 2.8 m. Total Length: 44.4 m. Launch Price $: 30.00 million. in 1999 price dollars. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 17.50 million. in 1985 unit dollars.

• Stage Number: 0. 6 x PSLV-0 Gross Mass: 10,930 kg. Empty Mass: 2,010 kg. Thrust (vac): 51,251 kgf. Isp: 262 sec. Burn time: 44 sec. Isp(sl): 229 sec. Diameter: 1.0 m. Span: 1.0 m. Length: 10.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. SLV-1

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x PSLV-1 Gross Mass: 168,200 kg. Empty Mass: 30,200 kg. Thrust (vac): 495,590 kgf. Isp: 269 sec. Burn time: 105 sec. Isp(sl): 237 sec. Diameter: 2.8 m. Span: 2.8 m. Length: 20.3 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. PSLV-1

• Stage Number: 2. 1 x PSLV-2 Gross Mass: 45,800 kg. Empty Mass: 5,300 kg. Thrust (vac): 73,931 kgf. Isp: 293 sec. Burn time: 158 sec. Diameter: 2.8 m. Span: 2.8 m. Length: 12.5 m. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH No Engines: 1. Viking 4

• Stage Number: 3. 1 x PSLV-3 Gross Mass: 8,400 kg. Empty Mass: 1,100 kg. Thrust (vac): 33,519 kgf. Isp: 294 sec. Burn time: 83 sec. Diameter: 2.0 m. Span: 2.0 m. Length: 3.5 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. PSLV-3

• Stage Number: 4. 1 x PSLV-4 Gross Mass: 2,920 kg. Empty Mass: 920 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,428 kgf. Isp: 308 sec. Burn time: 425 sec. Isp(sl): 0 sec. Diameter: 1.3 m. Span: 2.0 m. Length: 2.6 m. Propellants: N2O4/MMH No Engines: 2. PSLV-4

• IRS-1E Spacecraft: IRS. Payload: IRS-1E.

• IRS-P2 Spacecraft: IRS-P. Mass: 870 kg.

  Remote sensing; sun-synch orbit.

• IRS-P3 Spacecraft: IRS. Mass: 930 kg.

  LEO

• IRS-1D Spacecraft: IRS. Payload: IRS-P3.

• DLR-Tubsat Spacecraft: Tubsat-C. Mass: 45 kg.

• Kitsat-3 Spacecraft: Kitsat.

• OceanSat 1 Spacecraft: IRS-P. Payload: IRS-P4. Mass: 1,036 kg.

  Remote sensing satellite with an ocean colour imager experiment.

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  PSLV - PSLV - Polar Standard Launch Vehicle Credit: ISRC. 5,224 bytes. 78 x 293 pixels.

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• 61 - Wilson, Andrew, editor,, Jane's/Interavia Space Directory, Jane's Information Group, Coulsdon, Surrey, 1992 et al.
• 455 - Isakowitz, Steven J,, International Reference to Space Launch Systems Third Edition, AIAA, Washington DC, 2000.