OperationalISROFirst Launch: 1993-09-20
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
India's workhorse medium-lift launch vehicle in service since 1993, used for LEO, SSO, and interplanetary missions including Chandrayaan-1 and the Mars Orbiter Mission.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
64
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
59
4 failures
SUCCESS RATE
92.2%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
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Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: ISROVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 44 m
- Body Diameter
- 2.8 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 320 t
- Stages Count
- 4
- Fairing Diameter
- 3.2 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 3.8 t
- GTO Capacity
- 1.3 t
- Cost per Launch
- $25,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$6,579 / kg
High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
2 photos & renders of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
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LiftoffOrbital Launch Vehicle
Commercial orbital rocket ascending from coastal launch range.
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PadLaunch Pad Gantry
Orbital launch mount and ground support umbilical tower.
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SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.