PSLV-C35
Model of the PSLV rocket | |||||
Names | Scatsat-1 mission | ||||
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Mission type | Deployment of eight satellites in two different orbits. | ||||
Operator | ISRO | ||||
Website | ISRO website | ||||
Mission duration | 8,133 seconds | ||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||
Spacecraft | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle | ||||
Spacecraft type | Expendable launch vehicle | ||||
Manufacturer | ISRO | ||||
Launch mass | 320,000 kilograms (710,000 lb) | ||||
Payload mass | 671.25 kilograms (1,479.9 lb) | ||||
Dimensions |
44.4 metres (146 ft) (overall height) | ||||
Start of mission | |||||
Launch date | 03:42:00, September 26, 2016 (UTC) | ||||
Rocket | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle | ||||
Launch site | Sriharikota Launching Range | ||||
Contractor | ISRO | ||||
End of mission | |||||
Disposal | Not known | ||||
Deactivated | September 26, 2016 | ||||
Orbital parameters | |||||
Reference system |
Polar orbit and Sun-synchronous orbit | ||||
Payload | |||||
ScatSat-1, PISat & Pratham, Alsat-1B, Alsat-2B & Alsat-1N, NLS-19, Pathfinder-1 | |||||
Mass | 671.25 kilograms (1,479.9 lb) | ||||
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Launch
PSLV-C35 was launched at 03:42 hours Coordinated Universal Time (09:12 hours Indian Standard Time) on 26 September 2016 from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[1][2]
Mission highlights
PSLV-C35 was the 37th launch of the PSLV program. It was also the 102nd overall launch by Indian Space Research Organisation. PSLV-C35 was the first spaceflight by ISRO to place satellites in two different orbits with a single rocket. It carried and injected eight satellites built by India, Algeria, Canada and United States.[1][3][4]
Mission parameters
- Mass:
- Total liftoff weight: 320,000 kilograms (710,000 lb)
- Payload weight: 671.25 kilograms (1,479.9 lb)
- Overall height: 44.4 metres (145.7 ft)
- Propellant:
- First stage: Solid HTPB based (138.2 + 6 x 8.9 tonnes)
- Second stage: Liquid UH 25 + N2O4 (42 tonnes)
- Third stage: Solid HTPB based (7.6 tonnes)
- Fourth stage: Liquid MMH + MON-3 (2.5 tonnes)
- Engine:
- First stage: Core (PS 1) + 6 strap-on PSOM
- Second stage: Vikas
- Third stage: PS 3
- Fourth stage: PS 4
- Thrust:
- Maximum altitude: 739.314 kilometres (459 mi)
- Maximum velocity:7,527.63 metres per second (24,697 ft/s) (recorded at time of PS-4 engine restart 2)
- Duration: 8,133 seconds
Payload
PSLV-C35 carried and deployed eight satellites in two different orbits in a single mission (Polar and Sun-synchronous orbit). This was the first time India had placed satellites in two orbits in a single mission.[5] The vehicle carried three satellites from India (ScatSat-1, PISat & Pratham), three satellites from Algeria (Alsat-1B, 2B & 1N), one each from Canada (NLS-19) and the United States (Pathfinder-1).[1][3][6]
Country | Owner | Name | Nos | Mass | Type | Objective |
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India | ISRO | ScatSat-1 | 1 | 377 kg | Miniaturized satellite | Weather forecasting, cyclone prediction and tracking. |
IIT Bombay | Pratham | 1 | 10 kg | Nanosatellite | Research satellite. | |
PES Institute of Technology | PISat | 1 | 5.25 kg | Remote sensing.[3][6] | ||
Algeria | Agence Spatiale Algerienne | Alsat-1B | 1 | 103 kg | Earth observation satellite | Agricultural and disaster monitoring. |
Alsat-2B | 1 | 117 kg | Monitoring natural resources. | |||
Alsat-1N | 1 | 7 kg | Nanosatellite | Technology demonstration satellite.[3][6] | ||
Canada | UTIAS | NLS-19 | 1 | 8 kg | ||
USA | Spaceflight Industries | Pathfinder-1 | 1 | 44 kg | Earth observation, micro-satellite | Earth imaging.[3][6] |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "PSLV-C35". ISRO website. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ↑ "ISRO's PSLV-C35 places SCATSAT-1 in orbit". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "PSLV-C35 brochure" (PDF). ISRO website. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ↑ "ISRO timeline". ISRO website. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ↑ "PSLV puts 8 satellites in two different orbits". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "ISRO PSLV-C35 launch". Firstpost. Retrieved 28 September 2016.