PSLV

Launch vehicle:  PSLV Launch vehicle ID:  C2 Payload:  IRS-P4 Launch date:  26 May 1999 Launch site:  SHAR, PSLV

Description:

• PSLV-C2, the second operational launch of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) placed three satellites - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P4) as the main payload and Korean KITSAT-3 and German DLR-TUBSAT as auxiliary payloads - into a 727 km polar sunsynchronous orbit. It was for the first time that ISRO launched three satellites in a single vehicle. While IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) Weight 1050 kg, KITSAT-3 and DLR-TUBSAT weight 107 kg and 45 kg respectively. The two auxilary payloads are mounted on PSLV equipment bay diametrically opposite to each other. The main payload, IRS-P4,is mounted on top of the equipment bay as in earlier flights of PSLV. In the flight sequence, IRS-P4 is injected first, followed by KITSAT-3 and DLR-TUBSAT in that order.
• With a lift of weight of 294 tone, the 44.4m tall PSLV is a four stage vehicle employing solid propellant stages in the first and third stages and liquid propellant stages in the second and fourth stages. It also employs six solid propellant strap-on motors for the first stage. PSLV was launched from ISRO′s Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota, about 100 km north of Chennai.