PSLV-XL | TDS-01

Status

TDS-01

Launch Time
NET 2025

Launch vehicle variant to be confirmed.

Rocket

PSLV-XL

Image Credit: ISRO

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

Details

Mission Details

TDS-01

TDS-01 (Technology Demonstration Satellite-01) is an Indian geostationary orbit technology demonstration satellite carrying payloads for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar and the CSIR-CEERI, Pilani.

Payloads to be tested included an internally developed 300 mN electric powered thrusters, atomic clocks, travelling wave tube amplifiers (TWTA) & a quantum communication suite (QuTDS).

Payloads: 1

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

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