PSLV-C35
PSLV rocket | |
Names | Scatsat-1 mission |
---|---|
Mission type | Deployment of eight satellites in two different orbits. |
Operator | ISRO |
Website | ISRO website |
Mission duration | 8,133 seconds |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | 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 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 | |
India Pathfinder-1 | |
Mass | 671.25 kilograms (1,479.9 lb) |
PSLV-C36 → |
PSLV-C35 was the successful mission of the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota
.
Launch
PSLV-C35 was launched at 03:42 hours
Mission highlights
PSLV-C35 was the 37th launch of the
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: (2.5 tonnes)
- First stage:
- Engine:
- 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
Country | Owner | Name | Nos | Mass | Type | Objective |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Cubesat |
Technology demonstration satellite.[3][6] | ||
Canada | UTIAS | CanX-7 |
1 | 8 kg | ||
USA | Spaceflight Industries | Pathfinder-1 |
1 | 44 kg | micro-satellite |
Earth imaging.[3][6] |
See also
- Indian Space Research Organisation
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
References
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b c d e f "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.
- ^ a b c d "ISRO PSLV-C35 launch". Firstpost. Retrieved 28 September 2016.