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PSLV-C6

PSLV-C6 was the sixth operational launch and overall ninth mission of the PSLV program. This launch was also the fifty-fourth launch by Indian Space Research Organisation since its first mission on 1 January 1962. The vehicle carried and injected India's two satellites; Cartosat-1 (a.k.a. IRS-P5) and HAMSAT into the Sun-synchronous orbit. PSLV-C6 was launched at 04:44 hours Coordinated Universal Time (10:14 hours Indian Standard Time) on 5 May 2005 from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

Mission highlights

Mission parameters

  • Mass:
  • Total liftoff weight:
  • Payload weight:
  • Overall height:
  • Propellant:
  • First stage: Solid HTPB based (138.0 + 6 x 9 tonnes)
  • Second stage: Liquid UH 25 + (41.5 tonnes)
  • Third stage: Solid HTPB based (7.6 tonnes)
  • Fourth stage: Liquid MMH + MON (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:
  • First stage: 4,762 + 645 x 6 kN
  • Second stage: 800 kN
  • Third stage: 246 kN
  • Fourth stage: 7.3 x 2 kN
  • Altitude:
  • Maximum velocity: (recorded at time of payload separation)
  • Duration: 1,120 seconds

Payload

PSLV-C6 carried and deployed two Indian satellites, Cartosat-1 (a.k.a. IRS-P5) and HAMSAT into the Sun-synchronous orbit. Built by ISRO, Cartosat-1 was a stereoscopic remote sensing satellite and first of the Cartosat series of satellites. HAMSAT was a microsatellite, built for providing satellite based amateur radio satellite to the national as well as the international community of amateur radio operators (HAM).

Launch & planned flight profile

PSLV-C6 was launched at 04:44 hours Coordinated Universal Time (10:14 hours Indian Standard Time) on 5 May 2005 from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The mission was planned with pre-flight prediction of covering overall distance of . Following was the flight profile.

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