PSLV-C39
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Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle – C39 was the forty-first flight of the PSLV series of launch vehicles on 31 August 2017. Launched in its XL configuration, the vehicle suffered a rare failure – the first failure after 24 years of operations[1] when the heat shield failed to separate and the payload became trapped inside the heat shield and could not be deployed.[2]
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Mission type | Deployment of IRNSS-1H into sub-GTO |
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Operator | ISRO |
Website | ISRO website |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
Spacecraft type | Expendable launch vehicle |
Manufacturer | ISRO |
Launch mass | 321 t |
Payload mass | 1425 kg |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 19:00:00, 31 August 2017 (2017-08-31T19:00:00) (IST) |
Rocket | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
Launch site | Sriharikota Launching Range |
Contractor | ISRO |
Payload | |
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