 Model of the PSLV launch vehicle | |
| Names | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Deployment of three satellites |
| Operator | ISRO |
| Website | ISRO website |
| Mission duration | 1117.5 seconds |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| Spacecraft type | Expendable launch vehicle |
| Manufacturer | Indian Space Research Organisation |
| Launch mass | 294,000 kg (648,000 lb) |
| Payload mass | 1,202 kg (2,650 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 26 May 1999, 06:22 UTC |
| Rocket | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| Launch site | Sriharikota Launching Range |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Sun-synchronous orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Payload | |
 Oceansat-1 KITSAT-3 DLR-Tubsat | |
PSLV-C2 was the second operational launch and overall fifth mission of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) program. This launch was also the forty-third launch by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since its first mission on 1 January 1962. The vehicle carried three satellites which were deployed in the Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit.[1][2][3][4][5] The vehicle carried India's first remote sensing satellite Oceansat-1 (IRS-P4) as the main payload. It also carried South Korean satellite KITSAT-3 and German satellite DLR-Tubsat as auxiliary payloads.[1] PSLV-C2 was the first Indian Expendable launch vehicle to carry and deploy more than one satellite in a mission. This was also India's and ISRO's first commercial spaceflight where South Korea and Germany each paid US$1.0 million (equivalent to $1.83 million in 2023) to ISRO for launching their satellites.[5][6]
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