IRS-P4, DLR-Tubsat, & Kitsat-3

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

06:22:00

Wednesday May 26, 1999

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Second operational launch of the PSLV program.

Kitsat-3

Wiki

Kitsat-3 was a South Korean remote sensing minisatellite that carried MEIS (Multispectral Earth Imaging System) and SENSE (Space ENvironment Scientific Experiment) instruments to Low Earth orbit.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

110 kilograms

DLR-Tubsat

Wiki

DLR-Tubsat (aka TUBSAT) was a German remote-sensing microsatellite, developed in a joint venture between the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). TUB was responsible for the satellite bus and DLR was responsible for the payload.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

45 kilograms

IRS-P4 (Oceansat-1)

Wiki

OceanSat-1 or IRS-P4 is the first Indian satellite built specifically for Ocean applications. It is a part of the Indian Remote Sensing satellite series. The satellite carried an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) for oceanographic studies.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

1,036 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
PSLV-G

Active 1993 to 2016

Indian Space Research Organisation logo

Agency

ISRO

Price

$25.00 million

Rocket

Height: 44.5m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 3,250 kg

GTO: 1,410 kg

Liftoff Thrust

6,887 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.2m

Height: 8.3m

Stages

4

Strap-ons

6

Launch Site

First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

25 days 5 hours

Stats

PSLV


5th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1999

Indian Space Research Organisation


13th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1999

1999


30th

Orbital launch attempt