Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

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The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is India’s highly reliable, medium-lift launch vehicle used by ISRO to place satellites into polar, Sun-synchronous, and other orbits, and is known for launching multiple satellites in a single mission.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle
medium-lift launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle
abbreviation PSLV
capability launching multiple satellites in a single mission
countryOfOrigin India
designer Indian Space Research Organisation
developer Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
family PSLV launch vehicle family
firstFlight 1993-09-20
firstFlightLaunchSite Satish Dhawan Space Centre
firstFlightMission PSLV-D1
launchConfiguration four-stage launch vehicle
launchedMission Cartosat series satellites
Chandrayaan-1
IRNSS satellites
Mars Orbiter Mission
NavIC satellites
RISAT series satellites
launchMarket Indian government payloads
international commercial customers
launchPad First Launch Pad
Second Launch Pad
launchSite Satish Dhawan Space Centre
manufacturer Indian Space Research Organisation
notableFeature high reliability record among Indian launch vehicles
used for commercial satellite launches
used to launch interplanetary missions
notableRecord launched over 100 satellites in a single mission (PSLV-C37)
operator Indian Space Research Organisation
orbitTypesSupported Sun-synchronous orbit
low Earth orbit
polar orbit
sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
primaryUse placing satellites into Sun-synchronous orbit
placing satellites into polar orbit
propellantStage1 HTPB-based solid propellant
propellantStage2 UH25 and nitrogen tetroxide
propellantStage3 HTPB-based solid propellant
propellantStage4 MMH and MON-3
stage1Type solid rocket motor
stage2Type liquid rocket engine
stage3Type solid rocket motor
stage4Type liquid rocket engine
status operational
usedByAgency ISRO
variant Core Alone configuration
DL variant
PSLV-CA
PSLV-G
PSLV-XL
QL variant

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PSLV-D2 abbreviationExpansion Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle – Developmental flight 2
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