ABOUT PSLV
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV in 1993, commercially available only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).
PAYLOAD CAPACITY
3,800 kg
TO LEO
8,379 lbs
1,200 kg
TO GTO
2,646 lbs
LIFTOFF THRUST
4,847
KILONEWTONS
1,089,649
POUNDS-FORCE
~6,500
HORSEPOWER
FLIGHT HISTORY
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