List of PSLV rocket launches
The list of PSLV rocket launches gives an overview of all launched and some of the planned launches. The Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is launched from the FLP (First Launch Pad) or the SLP (Second Launch Pad) of the Satish Dhawan Space Center in the state of Andhra Pradesh and can bring up to 1800 kg into a sun-synchronous orbit .
The serial number C13 is not used due to the prevalent triskaidecaphobia in India .
Explanation
- Date : Indicates the day and time of the start.
- Type : Designates the type of missile that was used.
- Ser.-No. : Gives the serial number or mission name.
- Launch site : Indicates the site and launch pad.
- Payload : Name the payload.
- Type of payload : Gives a brief overview of what the payload is.
- Payload Weight: Indicates the weight of the satellite.
- Orbit : Indicates the orbit in which the payload was launched. It does not necessarily have to be the target orbit .
- Notes : Provides further information on the status of the mission.
PSLV variants
List last updated: January 25, 2020
So far, 50 starts have been made, of which 47 were a success, one a partial success and two a failure, which corresponds to a reliability of 94%.
version | PSLV-G | PSLV-CA | PSLV-XL | PSLV-DL | PSLV-QL | ||
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PSLV (1) | PSLV (2) | PSLV (3) | |||||
First flight | 20th September 1993 | September 29, 1997 | September 12, 2002 | April 23, 2007 | October 22, 2008 | January 24, 2019 | April 1, 2019 |
Number of flights | 3 | 3 | 6th | 13 | 22nd | 1 | 2 |
Successful flights | 2 | 2 | 6th | 13 | 21st | 1 | 2 |
False starts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Partial successes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last flight | March 21, 1996 | October 22, 2001 | 26th September 2016 | in action | in action | in action | in action |
Start list
List updated: January 25, 2020
Date ( UTC ) | Type | Serial no. |
Launch site | payload | Type of payload | Payload weight |
orbit | Remarks |
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1993 - 1994 - 1996 - 1997 - 1999 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2005 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 | ||||||||
1993 | ||||||||
September 20, 1993 5:12 am |
PSLV (1) | D1 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite | 845 kg | SSO |
Bust crash due to errors in the attitude control system |
1994 | ||||||||
October 15, 1994 5:05 am |
PSLV (1) | D2 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite | 870 kg | SSO | success |
1996 | ||||||||
March 21, 1996 4:53 am |
PSLV (1) | D3 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite | 930 kg | SSO | success |
1997 | ||||||||
September 29, 1997 4:47 am |
PSLV (2) | C1 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite | 1200 kg | SSO | Partial success Satellite is brought into a suboptimal orbit, which he had to correct himself. |
1999 | ||||||||
May 26, 1999 6:22 am |
PSLV (2) | C2 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite, 2 technology testing satellites | 1036 kg 44.8 kg 107 kg |
SSO | success |
2001 | ||||||||
October 22, 2001 4:53 am |
PSLV (2) | C3 | SHAR FLP |
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3 technology testing satellites | 1108 kg 94 kg 92 kg |
SSO | success |
2002 | ||||||||
September 12, 2002 10:25 am |
PSLV (3) | C4 | SHAR FLP |
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Weather satellite | 1060 kg | GTO | success |
2003 | ||||||||
October 17, 2003 4:54 am |
PSLV (3) | C5 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite | 1360 kg | SSO | success |
2005 | ||||||||
May 5, 2005 4:44 AM |
PSLV (3) | C6 | SHAR SLP |
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Earth observation satellite, amateur radio satellite | 1560 kg 42.5 kg |
SSO | success |
2007 | ||||||||
January 10, 2007 3:53 am |
PSLV (3) | C7 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite, re-entry capsule , 2 amateur radio and technology testing satellites | 680 kg 550 kg 56 kg 6 kg |
SSO LEO (polar) LEO (polar) LEO (polar) |
success |
April 23, 2007 10:00 |
PSLV-CA | C8 | SHAR SLP |
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Gamma astronomy satellite, technology testing satellite | 352 kg 185 kg |
LEO | success |
2008 | ||||||||
January 21, 2008 3:45 am |
PSLV-CA | C10 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite | 300 kg | LEO | success |
April 28, 2008 3:53:51 AM |
PSLV-CA | C9 | SHAR SLP |
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Earth observation satellite technology testing satellite 8 cubesats a satellite communications payload |
690 kg 83 kg 3.5 kg 6.5 kg 5 kg 1 kg 3 kg 1 kg 1 kg 7 kg |
SSO | success |
October 22, 2008 00:52:11 |
PSLV-XL | C11 | SHAR SLP |
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Lunar and impact probe | 1380 kg 29 kg |
GTO | success |
2009 | ||||||||
April 20, 2009 1:15 AM |
PSLV-CA | C12 | SHAR SLP |
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Earth observation satellite technology testing satellite |
300 kg 50 kg |
LEO | success |
September 23, 2009 6:21 am |
PSLV-CA | C14 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite, 4 cubesats | 960 kg 1 kg 1 kg 1 kg 1 kg 8 kg 8 kg |
SSO |
success |
2010 | ||||||||
July 12, 2010 3:52 am |
PSLV-CA | C15 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite Technology testing Technology testing |
1060 kg 117 kg 1 kg 6 kg 1 kg |
SSO | success |
2011 | ||||||||
April 20, 2011 4:42 am |
PSLV (3) | C16 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite |
1206 kg 105 kg 92 kg |
SSO | success |
July 15, 2011 11:18 am |
PSLV-XL | C17 | SHAR SLP |
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Telecommunications satellite | 1410 kg | GTO | success |
October 12, 2011 5:30 am |
PSLV-CA | C18 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite communications satellite research satellite research satellite |
~ 1000 kg ? 4 kg 10 kg |
LEO | success |
2012 | ||||||||
April 26, 2012 00:15 |
PSLV-XL | C19 | SHAR FLP |
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Remote sensing satellite | 1858 kg | SSO | success |
September 9, 2012 4:23 am |
PSLV-CA | C21 | SHAR FLP |
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Remote sensing satellite Technology testing satellite |
800 kg 15 kg |
SSO | success |
2013 | ||||||||
February 25, 2013 12:31 PM |
PSLV-CA | C20 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation Earth observation Earth observation |
350 kg 148 kg 74 kg 14 kg 14 kg 3 kg 6 kg |
LEO | success |
July 1, 2013 6:11 PM |
PSLV-XL | C22 | SHAR FLP |
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Navigation satellite | 1425 kg | GTO | success |
November 5, 2013 9:08 am |
PSLV-XL | C25 | SHAR FLP |
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Mars probe | 1340 kg | Mars - escape route | success |
2014 | ||||||||
April 4, 2014 11:44 am |
PSLV-XL | C24 | SHAR FLP |
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Navigation satellite | 1432 kg | GTO | success |
June 30, 2014 4:22 am |
PSLV-CA | C23 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite communications satellite space telescope space telescope technology testing satellite |
710 kg 14 kg 15 kg 15 kg 7 kg |
LEO | success |
October 15, 2014 8:02 p.m. |
PSLV-XL | C26 | SHAR FLP |
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Navigation satellite | 1425.4 kg | GTO | success |
2015 | ||||||||
March 28, 2015 11:49 am |
PSLV-XL | C27 | SHAR SLP |
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Navigation satellite | 1425 kg | GTO | success |
July 10, 2015 4:28 pm |
PSLV-XL | C28 | SHAR FLP |
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3 Earth observation satellites Technologieerprobungssatellit Technologieerprobungssatellit |
1341 kg 7 kg 91 kg |
GTO | success |
September 28, 2015 4:30 am |
PSLV-XL | C30 | SHAR FLP |
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X-ray satellite and space obsavatorium Earth observation and amateur radio satellite AIS satellite Earth observation satellite / AIS satellite Earth observation satellite / AIS satellite Earth observation satellite / AIS satellite Earth observation satellite / AIS satellite |
1513 kg 76 kg 14 kg 7 kg 7 kg 7 kg 7 kg |
LEO | success |
December 16, 2015 12:30 pm |
PSLV-CA | C29 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite / Technologieerprobungssatellit Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite Technologieerprobungssatellit |
400 kg 123 kg 13 kg 78 kg 3.4 kg 1.7 kg |
LEO | success |
2016 | ||||||||
January 20, 2016 4:01 am |
PSLV-XL | C31 | SHAR SLP |
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Navigation satellite | 1425 kg | GTO | success |
March 10, 2016 10:31 am |
PSLV-XL | C32 | SHAR SLP |
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Navigation satellite | 1425 kg | GTO | success |
April 28, 2016 7:20 am |
PSLV-XL | C33 | SHAR FLP |
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Navigation satellite | 1425 kg | GTO | success |
June 22, 2016 3:55 am |
PSLV-XL | C34 | SHAR SLP |
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Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite Technology test satellite Earth observation satellite 12 Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite Amateur radio satellite |
727.5 kg 130 kg 120 kg 110 kg 85 kg 25.5 kg 12x4.7 kg 1.5 kg 1 kg |
SSO | success |
September 26, 2016 3:42 am |
PSLV (3) | C35 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite Earth Observation Satellite Technology Experiment Satellite Earth observation satellite Earth observation and Technology Experiment Satellite Technology Experiment Satellite Technology Experiment Satellite |
377 kg 103 kg / 110 kg 4 kg 44 kg 10 kg 5.25 kg 8 kg |
LEO / SSO / GTO | success |
December 7, 2016 4:55 am |
PSLV-XL | C36 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite | 1235 kg | SSO | success |
2017 | ||||||||
February 15, 2017 3:58 am |
PSLV-XL | C37 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite Technology test satellites 88 small satellites 8 small satellites Small satellite Small satellite Small satellite Small satellite Small satellite Small satellite |
714 kg 8.4 kg + 9.7 kg per 4.7 kg per 4.6 kg 3 kg 4.2 kg 4.3 kg 1.7 kg 1.1 kg |
SSO |
Success Record number of 104 satellites launched simultaneously into space. |
June 23, 2017 3:59 am |
PSLV-XL | C38 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite Technology test satellite Earth observation satellite X-ray and amateur radio satellite Thermosphere research Technology test satellite AIS -Satellite TechnologieErprobungsTräger satellite 8 CubeSats ( AIS , earth observation) TechnologieErprobungsTräger satellite 3 CubeSats (communication) technology testing satellite thermal spheres Research Technology Experiment Satellite thermal spheres research ionospheric thermal spheres Research Technology Experiment satellite technology testing, earth observation TechnologieErprobungsTräger satellite technology testing, ionospheric TechnologieErprobungsTräger satellite |
712 kg ~ 50 kg 15 kg 15 kg 2 kg 4 kg 5 kg ~ 10 kg each 4.6 kg ? 6 kg each 3.2 kg 2 kg 4 kg 4 kg 2 kg 2 kg 4.5 kg 3.9 kg 1 kg 1 kg 1 kg |
SSO | success |
August 31, 2017 1:30 p.m. |
PSLV-XL | C39 | SHAR SLP |
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Navigation satellite | 1425 kg | GTO | Failure of the payload fairing did not detach from the final rocket stage. |
2018 | ||||||||
January 12, 2018 3:59 am |
PSLV-XL | C40 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite amateur radio satellite |
710 kg 4 kg 1 kg 608 kg |
SSO | success |
April 11, 2018 10:34 PM |
PSLV-XL | C41 | SHAR FLP |
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Navigation satellite | 1425 kg | Sub-GTO | success |
September 16, 2018 4:37 PM |
PSLV-CA | C42 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite |
445 kg 444 kg |
SSO | success |
November 29, 2018 9:57 am |
PSLV-XL | C43 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation satellite |
380 kg 261 kg |
SSO | success |
2019 | ||||||||
January 24, 2019 6:07 PM |
PSLV-DL | C44 | SHAR FLP |
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Test satellite for launch technology testing satellite |
740 kg 1.2 kg |
SSO | success |
April 1, 2019 3:57 am |
PSLV-QL | C45 | SHAR SLP |
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Reconnaissance satellite |
436 kg 220 kg |
SSO SSO |
success |
May 22, 2019 00:00 |
PSLV-CA | C46 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation and reconnaissance satellite | 615 kg | LEO | success |
November 27, 2019 3:58 am |
PSLV-XL | C47 | SHAR SLP |
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Earth observation satellite | 1625 kg 4.5 kg |
SSO | success |
December 11, 2019 8:54 am |
PSLV-QL | C48 | SHAR FLP |
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Earth observation / reconnaissance |
LEO | success |
Web links
- Start list on Gunter's Space Page (English)
- Start list in the Encyclopedia Astronautica in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- PSLV at the Indian space agency ISRO (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle), by Bharat-Rakshak ( Memento of October 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Gunter's Space Page: IRS-P2 (English)
- ↑ Gunter's Space Page: IRS-P3 (English)
- ↑ ISRO: PSLV - C5 ( Memento of February 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ ISRO: PSLV Successfully Launches Israeli Satellite ( Memento from February 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ ISRO: PSLV-C9 Mission ( Memento from February 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ ISRO: PSLV Successfully Launches Ten Satellites (English)
- ↑ Gunter's Space Page: Chandrayaan 1 (English)
- ↑ RISAT-2 (Radar Imaging Satellite-2) in ESA's eoPortal, accessed on July 7, 2019.
- ↑ ANUSAT on Gunter's Space Page (English).
- ↑ ISRO launches Oceansat-2. CNN-IBN, September 23, 2009, archived from the original on April 13, 2016 ; accessed on July 7, 2019 .
- ↑ STUDSAT at Gunter's Space Page (English).
- ↑ KS Jayaraman: PSLV Lofts Three Satellites, Including Resourcesat-2 , Space News, Vol. 22 Iss. April 16, 2011
- ↑ Indian PSLV Launches GSat-12 Telecom Sat, Space News, Vol. 22 Iss. 28, July 18, 2011
- ↑ Indo-French satellite mission to launch on October 12. DNA, September 10, 2011, accessed on September 22, 2011 .
- ↑ Youth at Gunter´s Space Page (English).
- ↑ PSLV-C19 / RISAT-1. ISRO, April 27, 2012, accessed on July 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Christian Lardier: Succès pour l'Inde In: Air & Cosmos No. 2311, May 4, 2012, p. 40.
- ↑ Commercial payloads launched by PSLV-C20 ( Memento from February 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ India PSLV successfully launches MOM en route to Mars. nasaspaceflight, November 5, 2013, accessed November 5, 2013 .
- ↑ IRNSS 1D. ISRO, accessed on March 28, 2015 .
- ↑ The Times Of India: ISRO centers set for the record launch of 104 satellites at one go by February 15 , January 29, 2017, accessed on January 30, 2017 .
- ↑ IRNSS-1H on Gunters Space Page (English)
- ↑ U. Tejonmayam, Chethan Kumar: Satellite is still inside fourth stage: Isro chief. In: The Economic Times. September 1, 2017, accessed September 1, 2017 .