PSLV-C39

PSLV-C39
PSLV rocket
Mission typeDeployment of IRNSS-1H into sub-GTO
OperatorISRO
WebsiteISRO website
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftPolar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Spacecraft typeExpendable launch vehicle
ManufacturerISRO
Launch mass321 t
Payload mass1425 kg
Start of mission
Launch date19:00:00, 31 August 2017 (2017-08-31T19:00:00) (IST)
RocketPolar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Launch siteSriharikota Launching Range
ContractorISRO
Payload
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Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle – C39 was the forty-first flight of the PSLV series of launch vehicles on 31 August 2017. Launched in its XL configuration, the vehicle suffered a rare failure – the first failure after 24 years of operations[1] when the heat shield failed to separate and the payload became trapped inside the heat shield and could not be deployed.[2]

  1. ^ "ISRO launch 'unsuccessful'". Hindustan Times. Wayback Machine. September 2017. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hindu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).