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Cartosat-2C & Rideshares

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:55:00

Wednesday June 22, 2016

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Cartosat-2C

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Cartosat-2C is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit and is a fifth flight unit of Cartosat series of satellites. The satellite is built at space application centre Ahemdabad, launched and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

728 kilograms

Rideshares

Other payloads were launched: - SkySat 3 - BIROS - M3MSat - LAPAN A3 - GHGSat D - Flock-2p 1 à 12 - SathyabamaSat - Swayam - BeeSat 4

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

20 Payloads

539 kilograms

Rocket

Active
PSLV-XL

Active Since 2008

Indian Space Research Organisation logo

Agency

ISRO

Price

$31.00 million

Rocket

Height: 44m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 3,250 kg

GTO: 1,410 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,661 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.2m

Height: 8.3m

Stages

4

Strap-ons

6

Launch Site

Second Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

31 days

Stats

PSLV

36th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2016

Indian Space Research Organisation

54th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2016

2016

40th

Orbital launch attempt