PSLV-C6
Indian satellite launch
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Mission highlights
- Sixth operational launch of the PSLV program.
- Overall ninth mission of the PSLV program.
- Overall fifty-fourth launch by Indian Space Research Organisation.
- First flight to be launched from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
- Carried and injected two satellites built by ISRO.
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Mission parameters
- Mass:
- Total liftoff weight: 295,980 kilograms (652,520 lb)
- Payload weight: 1,602.5 kilograms (3,533 lb)
- Overall height: 44.4 metres (145.7 ft)
- Propellant:
- Engine:
- First stage: Core (PS 1) + 6 strap-on PSOM
- Second stage: Vikas
- Third stage: PS 3
- Fourth stage: PS 4
- Thrust:
- Altitude: 628.535 kilometres (391 mi)
- Maximum velocity:7,546 metres per second (24,757 ft/s) (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 622 kilometres (386 mi). Following was the flight profile.