PSLV-C38
Mission type | Deployment of 31 satellites |
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Operator | Indian Space Research Organisation |
Website | ISRO website |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
Spacecraft type | Expendable launch vehicle |
Manufacturer | ISRO |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 09:29:00, 23 June 2017 (2017-06-23T09:29:00) (IST) |
Rocket | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
Launch site | Sriharikota Launching Range |
Contractor | ISRO |
Payload | |
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PSLV-C38 was the 40th mission of the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) program and its 17th mission in the XL configuration. PSLV-C38 successfully carried and deployed 31 satellites in Sun-synchronous orbit. It was launched on 23 June 2017 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.[1]
Payload and other parameters
PSLV-C38 carried the Indian mapping satellite Cartosat-2E as its main payload that weighed 712 kg (1,570 lb). 30 smaller satellites were carried as secondary payload, among them the Indian university NIUSAT monitoring satellite, Japanese CE-SAT1 technology demonstrator, Austrian AT-03 Pegasus research satellite and American CICERO-6 weather satellite. Satellites of Belgium, Chile, the Czech Republic VZLUSat-1, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia SkCube, and the United Kingdom were also launched.[2]
The NIUSAT satellite, weighing around 15 kg (33 lb), was prepared as a collaborative work by over 200 students of the Noorul Islam University, Kanyakumari and is used for disaster management and crop monitoring. The work on the satellite began in 2007 and cost ₹37 crore (US$4.4 million) with help from ISRO. It was conceived by University's chancellor A. P. Majeed Khan post 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.[3]
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh stated that ISRO earned ₹45.2 crore (EUR 6.1 million) from launching foreign satellites on PSLV-C38.[4][5]
References
- ^ "PSLV-C38 launch live updates: ISRO successfully puts Cartosat-2 Series and 30 other satellites into orbit". Indian Express. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ T. K. Rohit (23 June 2017). "PSLV-C38 lobs 31 satellites into orbit". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ T. Nandakumar (22 June 2017). "PSLV-C38 rocket: Dream come true for T.N. students". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "ISRO earned 6.1 million euros for 29 foreign nanosatellites launched on June 23". Hindustan Times. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ "Isro earns 6.1 million euros from 29 nanosatellite launches on June 23". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
External links
- PSLV-C38 / Cartosat-2 Series Satellite ISRO
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- PSLV-C15 (12 Jul 2010)
- PSLV-C16 (20 Apr 2011)
- PSLV-C17 (15 Jul 2011)
- PSLV-C18 (12 Oct 2011)
- PSLV-C19 (26 Apr 2012)
- PSLV-C21 (9 Sep 2012)
- PSLV-C20 (25 Feb 2013)
- PSLV-C22 (IRNSS-1A, 1 Jul 2013)
- PSLV-C25 (Mars Orbiter Mission, 5 Nov 2013)
- PSLV-C24 (IRNSS-1B, 4 Apr 2014)
- PSLV-C23 (30 Jun 2014)
- PSLV-C26 (IRNSS-1C, 16 Oct 2014)
- PSLV-C27 (IRNSS-1D, 28 Mar 2015)
- PSLV-C28 (DMC-3, 10 Jul 2015)
- PSLV-C30 (28 Sep 2015)
- PSLV-C29 (16 Dec 2015)
- PSLV-C31 (IRNSS-1E, 20 Jan 2016)
- PSLV-C32 (IRNSS-1F, 10 Mar 2016)
- PSLV-C33 (IRNSS-1G, 28 Apr 2016)
- PSLV-C34 (22 Jun 2016)
- PSLV-C35 (SCATSAT-1, 26 Sep 2016)
- PSLV-C36 (Resourcesat-2A, 7 Dec 2016)
- PSLV-C37 (15 Feb 2017)
- PSLV-C38 (23 Jun 2017)
- PSLV-C39 (IRNSS-1H, 31 Aug 2017, failure)
- PSLV-C40 (Cartosat-2F, 12 Jan 2018)
- PSLV-C41 (IRNSS-1I, 11 Apr 2018)
- PSLV-C42 (16 Sep 2018)
- PSLV-C43 (HySIS, 29 Nov 2018)
- PSLV-C44 (Microsat-R, 24 Jan 2019)
- PSLV-C45 (EMISAT, 1 Apr 2019)
- PSLV-C46 (RISAT-2B, 22 May 2019)
- PSLV-C47 (Cartosat-3, 27 Nov 2019)
- PSLV-C48 (RISAT-2BR1, 11 Dec 2019)
- PSLV-C49 (EOS-01, 7 Nov 2020)
- PSLV-C50 (CMS-01, 17 Dec 2020)
- PSLV-C51 (Amazônia-1, 28 Feb 2021)
- PSLV-C52 (EOS-04, 14 Feb 2022)
- PSLV-C53 (DS-EO, NeuSAR, Scoob-1, POEM-1 (hosted), 30 Jun 2022)
- PSLV-C54 (EOS-06, BhutanSat aka INS-2B, Anand, 26 Nov 2022)
- PSLV-C55 (TeLEOS-2, Lumelite-4, POEM-2 (hosted), 22 Apr 2023)
- PSLV-C56 (DS-SAR, VELOX-AM, 30 Jul 2023)
- PSLV-C57 (Aditya-L1, 2 Sep 2023)
- PSLV-C58 (XPoSat, POEM-3 (hosted), 1 Jan 2024)
- List of PSLV launches
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