Cartosat-2D & Rideshares | PSLV-XL

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:58:00

Wednesday February 15, 2017

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Launch Notes

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

Cartosat-2D

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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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

712 kilograms

Rideshares

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

103 Payloads

Rocket

Active

PSLV-XL

Active Since 2008

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

First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

25 days 5 hours

First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

25 days 5 hours

Stats

PSLV

39th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2017

Indian Space Research Organisation

58th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2017

2017

9th

Orbital launch attempt