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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
18:07:00
Thursday January 24, 2019
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First flight of PSLV in the DL configuration.
Microsat-R is an small Indian satellite built for the Indian military Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), likely as a target satellite for ASAT testing. The satellite has a launch mass of 740 kg and orbits the earth at a height of 274 km. Reportedly it was built by a handful of DRDO laboratories, not by ISRO.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
150 kilograms
Kalamsat is a technology evaluation and amateur communications satellite based on the last stage of the PSLV launch vehicle. This mission uses a modified version of the rocket's upper stage that allows it to serve as a long-term platform in orbit for experiments. A student-built payload called Kalamsat was incorporated into the upper stage for this launch.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1 kilograms
46th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2019
70th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2019
7th
Orbital launch attempt