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PSLV C4

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Names
  
MetSat mission

Website
  
ISRO website

Operator
  
ISRO

Mission duration
  
1,211 seconds

Mission type
  
Deployment of three satellites.

Spacecraft
  
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

PSLV-C4 was the fourth operational launch and overall seventh mission of the PSLV program. This launch was also the forty-eight launch by Indian Space Research Organisation since its first mission on 1 January 1962. The vehicle carried and injected India's first dedicated Meteorological satellite, Kalpana-1 (originally called MetSat) into the Geosynchronous transfer orbit. PSLV-C4 was launched at 15:53 hours IST on 12 September 2002 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (then called "Sriharikota Launching Range").

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Mission highlights

  • Fourth operational launch of the PSLV program.
  • Overall seventh mission of the PSLV program.
  • First Indian spaceflight to inject a satellite in the Geosynchronous transfer orbit.
  • PSLV-C4 carried and injected India's first dedicated Meteorological satellite, Kalpana-1.

    • Mission parameters

  • Mass:
  • Total liftoff weight: 295,000 kilograms (650,000 lb)
  • Payload weight: 1,060 kilograms (2,340 lb)
  • Overall height: 44.4 metres (145.7 ft)
  • Propellant:
  • First stage: Solid HTPB based (138.0 + 54 tonnes)
  • Second stage: Liquid UDMH + N2O4 (40.6 tonnes)
  • Third stage: Solid HTPB based (7.6 tonnes)
  • Fourth stage: Liquid MMH + MON (2.5 tonnes)
  • Engine:
  • First stage: S139
  • Second stage: Vikas
  • Third stage:
  • Fourth stage: 2 x PS-4
  • Thrust:
  • First stage: 4,628 + 662 x 6 kN
  • Second stage: 725 kN
  • Third stage: 260 kN
  • Fourth stage: 7.4 x 2 kN
  • Duration: 1,211 seconds

    • Payload

    PSLV-C4 carried and deployed India's first dedicated Meteorological satellite, Kalpana-1 into the Geosynchronous transfer orbit.

    References

    PSLV-C4 Wikipedia
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