List of PSLV rocket launches

A PSLV

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
	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
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	IRS-1E (IRS-P1)	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	IRS-P2	Earth observation satellite	870 kg	SSO	success
1996
March 21, 1996 4:53 am	PSLV (1)	D3	SHAR FLP	IRS-P3	Earth observation satellite	930 kg	SSO	success
1997
September 29, 1997 4:47 am	PSLV (2)	C1	SHAR FLP	IRS-1D	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	OceanSat-1 (IRS-P4) DLR-TUBSAT KitSat-3	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	TES Proba BIRD	3 technology testing satellites	1108 kg 94 kg 92 kg	SSO	success
2002
September 12, 2002 10:25 am	PSLV (3)	C4	SHAR FLP	METSAT-1 (Kalpana-1)	Weather satellite	1060 kg	GTO	success
2003
October 17, 2003 4:54 am	PSLV (3)	C5	SHAR FLP	ResourceSat-1 (IRS-P6)	Earth observation satellite	1360 kg	SSO	success
2005
May 5, 2005 4:44 AM	PSLV (3)	C6	SHAR SLP	CartoSat-1 (IRS-P5) HAMSAT	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	Cartosat-2 SRE-1 / LAPAN-TUBSAT Pehuensat-1	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	AGILE AAM	Gamma astronomy satellite, technology testing satellite	352 kg 185 kg	LEO	success
2008
January 21, 2008 3:45 am	PSLV-CA	C10	SHAR FLP	TechSAR	Earth observation satellite	300 kg	LEO	success
April 28, 2008 3:53:51 AM	PSLV-CA	C9	SHAR SLP	Cartosat-2A IMS-1 CanX-2 CanX-6 CUTE-1.7 + APD II SEEDS 2 Delfi-C3 AAU-CubeSat 2 COMPASS-1 Rubin 8	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	Chandrayaan-1 MIP	Lunar and impact probe	1380 kg 29 kg	GTO	success
2009
April 20, 2009 1:15 AM	PSLV-CA	C12	SHAR SLP	RISAT-2 ANUSAT	Earth observation satellite technology testing satellite	300 kg 50 kg	LEO	success
September 23, 2009 6:21 am	PSLV-CA	C14	SHAR FLP	OceanSat-2 UWE-2 SwissCube-1 BeeSat ITU-pSat Rubin 9.1 Rubin 9.2	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	Cartosat-2B Alsat-2A STUDSAT AISSat-1 TIsat-1	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	ResourceSat-2 X-Sat / Youthsat	Earth observation satellite	1206 kg 105 kg 92 kg	SSO	success
July 15, 2011 11:18 am	PSLV-XL	C17	SHAR SLP	GSAT-12	Telecommunications satellite	1410 kg	GTO	success
October 12, 2011 5:30 am	PSLV-CA	C18	SHAR FLP	/ Megha-Tropiques VesselSat 1 Jugnu SRMSAT	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	RISAT-1	Remote sensing satellite	1858 kg	SSO	success
September 9, 2012 4:23 am	PSLV-CA	C21	SHAR FLP	SPOT-6 protieres	Remote sensing satellite Technology testing satellite	800 kg 15 kg	SSO	success
2013
February 25, 2013 12:31 PM	PSLV-CA	C20	SHAR FLP	/ SARAL Sapphire NEOSSat UniBRITE TUGsat 1 AAUSAT-3 STRaND 1	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	IRNSS-1A	Navigation satellite	1425 kg	GTO	success
November 5, 2013 9:08 am	PSLV-XL	C25	SHAR FLP	Mars Orbiter Mission	Mars probe	1340 kg	Mars - escape route	success
2014
April 4, 2014 11:44 am	PSLV-XL	C24	SHAR FLP	IRNSS 1B	Navigation satellite	1432 kg	GTO	success
June 30, 2014 4:22 am	PSLV-CA	C23	SHAR FLP	SPOT 7 AISat CanX-4 CanX-5 VELOX-1	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	IRNSS 1C	Navigation satellite	1425.4 kg	GTO	success
2015
March 28, 2015 11:49 am	PSLV-XL	C27	SHAR SLP	IRNSS 1D	Navigation satellite	1425 kg	GTO	success
July 10, 2015 4:28 pm	PSLV-XL	C28	SHAR FLP	DMC3 DeorbitSail-1 CBNT-1	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	ASTROSAT LAPAN-A2 exactView 9 Lemur-2 Joel Lemur-2 Peter Lemur-2 Jeroen Lemur-2 Chris	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	TeLEOS 1 VELOX-CI VELOX-II Kent Ridge-1 Galassia Athenoxat-1	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	IRNSS 1E	Navigation satellite	1425 kg	GTO	success
March 10, 2016 10:31 am	PSLV-XL	C32	SHAR SLP	IRNSS 1F	Navigation satellite	1425 kg	GTO	success
April 28, 2016 7:20 am	PSLV-XL	C33	SHAR FLP	IRNSS 1G	Navigation satellite	1425 kg	GTO	success
June 22, 2016 3:55 am	PSLV-XL	C34	SHAR SLP	Cartosat-2C BIROS LAPAN-A3 SkySat Gen2-1 M3MSat GHGSat-D Flock-2p Sathyabamasat Swayam	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	SCATSAT-1 Alsat-1B / -2B Alsat-1N BlackSky Pathfinder 1 Pratham PISat CanX-7	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	ResourceSat-2A	Earth observation satellite	1235 kg	SSO	success
2017
February 15, 2017 3:58 am	PSLV-XL	C37	SHAR FLP	Cartosat-2D INS 1A, INS 1B Flock 3p 1-88 (Dove) Lemur-2 22-29 PEASSS DIDO 2 BGUSat Al-Farabi 1 Nayif 1	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	Cartosat-2E CE-SAT 1 NIUSAT Max Valier Sat Pegasus ( QB50 ) Compass-2 ( QB50 ) 25 small satellites Venta-1 CICERO-6 Lemur-2 34-41 Tyvak-53b 3 Diamonds (Blue, Green, Red) InflateSail ( QB50 ) UCLSat ( QB50 ) LituanicaSAT-2 ( QB50 ) URSA MAIOR ( QB50 ) NUDTSat ( QB50 ) VZLUSat-1 ( QB50 ) D-Sat Alto-1 ROBUSTA-1B SUCHAI-1 skCUBE	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	IRNSS-1H	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	Cartosat-2F PicSat Fox-1D 29 other small satellites	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	IRNSS-1I	Navigation satellite	1425 kg	Sub-GTO	success
September 16, 2018 4:37 PM	PSLV-CA	C42	SHAR FLP	NovaSAR-S SSTL S1-4	Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite	445 kg 444 kg	SSO	success
November 29, 2018 9:57 am	PSLV-XL	C43	SHAR FLP	HySIS 30 small satellites	Earth observation satellite	380 kg 261 kg	SSO	success
2019
January 24, 2019 6:07 PM	PSLV-DL	C44	SHAR FLP	Microsat-R Kalamsat-V2	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	EMISAT 28 small satellites	Reconnaissance satellite	436 kg 220 kg	SSO SSO	success
May 22, 2019 00:00	PSLV-CA	C46	SHAR FLP	Risat-2B	Earth observation and reconnaissance satellite	615 kg	LEO	success
November 27, 2019 3:58 am	PSLV-XL	C47	SHAR SLP	Cartosat-3 13 small satellites	Earth observation satellite	1625 kg 4.5 kg	SSO	success
December 11, 2019 8:54 am	PSLV-QL	C48	SHAR FLP	Risat-2BR1 small satellite	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

1. ↑ PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle), by Bharat-Rakshak ( Memento of October 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
2. ↑ Gunter's Space Page: IRS-P2 (English)
3. ↑ Gunter's Space Page: IRS-P3 (English)
4. ↑ ISRO: PSLV - C5 ( Memento of February 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
5. ↑ ISRO: PSLV Successfully Launches Israeli Satellite ( Memento from February 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
6. ↑ ISRO: PSLV-C9 Mission ( Memento from February 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
7. ↑ ISRO: PSLV Successfully Launches Ten Satellites (English)
8. ↑ Gunter's Space Page: Chandrayaan 1 (English)
9. ↑ RISAT-2 (Radar Imaging Satellite-2) in ESA's eoPortal, accessed on July 7, 2019.
10. ↑ ANUSAT on Gunter's Space Page (English).
11. ↑ ISRO launches Oceansat-2. CNN-IBN, September 23, 2009, archived from the original on April 13, 2016 ; accessed on July 7, 2019 . 
12. ↑ STUDSAT at Gunter's Space Page (English).
13. ↑ KS Jayaraman: PSLV Lofts Three Satellites, Including Resourcesat-2 , Space News, Vol. 22 Iss. April 16, 2011
14. ↑ Indian PSLV Launches GSat-12 Telecom Sat, Space News, Vol. 22 Iss. 28, July 18, 2011
15. ↑ Indo-French satellite mission to launch on October 12. DNA, September 10, 2011, accessed on September 22, 2011 . 
16. ↑ Youth at Gunter´s Space Page (English).
17. ↑ PSLV-C19 / RISAT-1. ISRO, April 27, 2012, accessed on July 7, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Christian Lardier: Succès pour l'Inde In: Air & Cosmos No. 2311, May 4, 2012, p. 40.
19. ↑ Commercial payloads launched by PSLV-C20 ( Memento from February 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
20. ^ India PSLV successfully launches MOM en route to Mars. nasaspaceflight, November 5, 2013, accessed November 5, 2013 . 
21. ↑ IRNSS 1D. ISRO, accessed on March 28, 2015 . 
22. ↑ 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 . 
23. ↑ IRNSS-1H on Gunters Space Page (English)
24. ↑ U. Tejonmayam, Chethan Kumar: Satellite is still inside fourth stage: Isro chief. In: The Economic Times. September 1, 2017, accessed September 1, 2017 .