LAUNCH MISSION

ISRO PSLV KALPANA-1

Name: ISRO PSLV KALPANA-1
Start: 2002-09-12T10:23:40.000Z
Location: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

Status

Success

DATE

12 SEP 2002

LAUNCH PROVIDER

Indian Space Research Organization

Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

Description

Kalpana-1 was the first dedicated meteorological satellite launched by Indian Space Research Organisation using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on 12 September 2002. The satellite is three-axis stabilized and is powered by solar panels, getting up to 550 watts (0.74 hp) of power. The METSAT bus was used as the basis for the Chandrayaan lunar orbiter mission of 2008.

PSLV

Rocket Description

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV in 1993, commercially available only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).

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