PSLV-C3

PSLV-C3

Model of the PSLV rocket
Mission type	Deployment of three satellites.
Operator	ISRO
Website	ISRO website
Mission duration	1,658 seconds
Apogee	586.7 kilometres (365 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Spacecraft type	Expendable launch vehicle
Manufacturer	ISRO
Launch mass	294,000 kilograms (648,000 lb)
Payload mass	1,294 kilograms (2,853 lb)
Dimensions	44.4 metres (146 ft) (overall height)
Start of mission
Launch date	10:23:00, October 22, 2001 (2001-10-22T10:23:00) (IST)
Rocket	Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Launch site	Sriharikota Launching Range
Contractor	ISRO
End of mission
Disposal	Placed in graveyard orbit
Deactivated	October 22, 2001 (2001-10-22)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Sun-synchronous
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Payload
TES BIRD PROBA
Mass	1,294 kilograms (2,853 lb)
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PSLV-C3 was the third operational launch and overall sixth mission of the PSLV program. This launch was also the forty-sixth launch by Indian Space Research Organisation 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] The vehicle carried Technology Experiment Satellite (Indian experimental Earth observation satellite), BIRD (German Earth observation satellite) and PROBA (experimental satellite from Belgium). This was India's and ISRO's second commercial spaceflight. PSLV-C3 was launched at 10:23 a.m. IST on 22 October 2001 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (then called "Sriharikota Range").^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}