PSLV
ACTIVE
LAUNCHER INFO
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).
MANUFACTURER INFO
Indian Space Research Organization
LAUNCHER SPECIFICATIONS
(diameter)
2.8 m
TO GTO
1200 kg
(length)
44 m
TO LEO
3800 kg
(reusable)
false
LAUNCH STATISTICS
TOTAL LAUNCHES
12
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHES
10
FAILED LAUNCHES
2