PSLV-C4

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").

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:
• Payload weight:
• Overall height:
• Propellant:
• First stage: Solid HTPB based (138.0 + 54 tonnes)
• Second stage: Liquid UDMH + (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.

See also

• Indian Space Research Organisation
• Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

References