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Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by 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, only commercially available from Russia. PSLV can also launch small…

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Burn time
44 s · 70 s · 110 s · 151 s · 126.7 s
Carries passengers or cargo
Chandrayaan-1 · Mars Orbiter Mission · AstroSat · SRE-1 · NavIC
Comparable
Vega, Nuri
Cost per launch
₹130 crore (equivalent to ₹153 crore or US$16 million in 2023) -₹200 crore (equivalent to ₹235 crore or US$24 million in 2023)
Country of origin
India
Diameter
2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) · 1 m (3 ft 3 in) · 2 m (6 ft 7 in) · 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in)

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Mass · 12
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle → 1,425 kg (3,142 lb) (PSLV-XL), 107 kg (236 lb) to 766 kg (1,689 lb) (direct transfer), 150 kg (330 lb) to 770 kg (1,700 lb) (direct transfer), CA: 1,100 kg (2,400 lb), CA: 2,100 kg (4,600 lb), G: 1,150 kg (2,540 lb), G: 1,600 kg (3,500 lb), G: 3,200 kg (7,100 lb), PSLV-G: 295,000 kg (650,000 lb) PSLV-CA: 230,000 kg (510,000 lb) PSLV-XL: 320,000 kg (710,000 lb), XL: 1,300 kg (2,900 lb), XL: 1,750 kg (3,860 lb), XL: 3,800 kg (8,400 lb)
related to PSLV-XL · 12
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle → Chandrayaan-1, December, ISRO, On, PSLV, PSLV-C11, PSLV-XL, PSOM-XL, S12, Sun-synchronous, The, Weighing
Carries passengers or cargo · 7
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle → Aditya-L1, AstroSat, Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Mission, NavIC, PROBA-3, SRE-1
Burn time · 6
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle → 110 s, 126.7 s, 151 s, 44 s, 525 s, 70 s
Height · 6
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle → 12 m (39 ft), 12.8 m (42 ft), 20 m (66 ft), 3 m (9.8 ft), 3.6 m (12 ft), 44 m (144 ft)
Maximum thrust · 6
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle → 14.66 kN (3,300 lbf), 250 kN (56,000 lbf), 4,846.9 kN (1,089,600 lbf), 510 kN (110,000 lbf), 703.5 kN (158,200 lbf), 803.7 kN (180,700 lbf)
First flight · 5
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle → PSLV-CA: 23 April 2007, PSLV-DL: 24 January 2019, PSLV-G: 20 September 1993, PSLV-QL: 1 April 2019, PSLV-XL: 22 October 2008
Last flight · 5
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle → PSLV-CA: 30 December 2024, PSLV-DL: 12 January 2026, PSLV-G: 26 September 2016, PSLV-QL: 11 December 2019, PSLV-XL: 18 May 2025
Powered by · 5
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle → 1 Vikas, 2 x L-2-5, off, S-7, S139
Propellant mass · 5
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle → 12,200 kg (26,900 lb) each, 138,200 kg (304,700 lb) each, 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) each, 42,000 kg (93,000 lb) each, 7,600 kg (16,800 lb) each

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pslv stage launch first propellant payload thrust kg boosters orbit isro lb payloads second fourth also mission satellites vehicle two

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Polar Satellite Launch VehicleBurn time44 s1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleBurn time70 s1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleBurn time110 s1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleBurn time151 s1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleBurn time126.7 s1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleBurn time525 s1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleCarries passengers or cargoChandrayaan-11.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleCarries passengers or cargoMars Orbiter Mission1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleCarries passengers or cargoAstroSat1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleCarries passengers or cargoSRE-11.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleCarries passengers or cargoNavIC1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleCarries passengers or cargoAditya-L11.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleCarries passengers or cargoPROBA-31.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleComparableVega, Nuri1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleCost per launch₹130 crore (equivalent to ₹153 crore or US$16 million in 2023) -₹200 crore (equivalent to ₹235 crore or US$24 million in 2023)1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleCountry of originIndia1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleDiameter2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleDiameter1 m (3 ft 3 in)1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleDiameter2 m (6 ft 7 in)1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleDiameter1.3 m (4 ft 3 in)1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleFailure41.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleFirst flightPSLV-G: 20 September 19931.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleFirst flightPSLV-CA: 23 April 20071.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleFirst flightPSLV-XL: 22 October 20081.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleFirst flightPSLV-DL: 24 January 20191.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleFirst flightPSLV-QL: 1 April 20191.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleFunctionMedium-lift launch system1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleHeight44 m (144 ft)1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleHeight12 m (39 ft)1.00infobox
Polar Satellite Launch VehicleHeight20 m (66 ft)1.00infobox

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