PSLV-C4

PSLV-C4

Model of the PSLV rocket
Names MetSat mission
Mission type Deployment of three satellites.
Operator ISRO
Website ISRO website
Mission duration 1,211 seconds
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Spacecraft type Expendable launch vehicle
Manufacturer ISRO
Launch mass 295,000 kilograms (650,000 lb)
Payload mass 1,060 kilograms (2,340 lb)
Dimensions 44.4 metres (146 ft)
(overall height)
Start of mission
Launch date 15:53:00, September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12T15:53:00) (IST)
Rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Launch site Sriharikota Launching Range
Contractor ISRO
End of mission
Disposal Placed in graveyard orbit
Deactivated September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geosynchronous transfer orbit
Payload
Kalpana-1 (Né MetSat)
Mass 1,060 kilograms (2,340 lb)

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle missions
 PSLV-C3 PSLV-C5

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").[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Mission highlights

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Mission parameters

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Payload

PSLV-C4 carried and deployed India's first dedicated Meteorological satellite, Kalpana-1 into the Geosynchronous transfer orbit.[1][2][4]

Country Name Nos Mass Type Objective
India India Kalpana-1 1 1,060 kg Satellite Meteorological satellite. Weather & climate monitoring of earth

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