PSLV-C4
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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").[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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Names | MetSat mission |
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Mission type | Deployment of three satellites. |
Operator | ISRO |
Website | ISRO website |
Mission duration | 1,211 seconds |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
Spacecraft type | Expendable launch vehicle |
Manufacturer | ISRO |
Launch mass | 295,000 kilograms (650,000 lb) |
Payload mass | 1,060 kilograms (2,340 lb) |
Dimensions | 44.4 metres (146 ft) (overall height) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15:53:00, September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12T15:53:00) (IST) |
Rocket | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
Launch site | Sriharikota Launching Range |
Contractor | ISRO |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Placed in graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geosynchronous transfer orbit |
Payload | |
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Mass | 1,060 kilograms (2,340 lb) |
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