MISSION NAME
Cartosat 2 & SRE 1 1
Status
Success
DATE
10 JAN 2007
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Indian Space Research Organization
Launch Pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad
Description
Indian Earth observation and re-entry technology satellites
PSLV
Rocket Description
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).