NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cartosat-2D & Rideshares

Launch Time
Wed Feb 15, 2017 03:58 UTC

PSLV launch with 104 satellites onboard, setting a record for the largest flock of spacecraft ever launched on a single rocket.

Rocket

PSLV-XL
ISRO
Status: Active
Price: $31.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,661 kN
Payload to LEO: 3,250 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,410 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 6
Rocket Height: 44.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.2 m
Fairing Height: 8.3 m

Mission Details

Cartosat-2D

Cartosat-2D is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit and the fifth of the Cartosat series of satellites. The satellite is built, launched and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 712.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Rideshares

- INS 1A & 1B
- Flock-3p 1 to 88
- Lemur-2 22 to 29
- BGUSat
- DIDO 2
- PEASS
- Al-Farabi 1
- Nayif 1

Payloads: 103
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Stats

2017

9th orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

58th mission
1st mission of 2017
46th successful mission
26th consecutive successful mission

PSLV

39th mission
1st mission of 2017
37th successful mission
35th consecutive successful mission