NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

SPOT-6, mRESINS & PROITERES

Launch Time
Sun Sep 09, 2012 04:23 UTC

ISRO's third commercial launch (foreign satellite as the main payload).

Rocket

PSLV-CA
ISRO
Status: Active
Price: $21.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,847 kN
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 44.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.2 m
Fairing Height: 8.3 m
Details

Mission Details

SPOT-6

SPOT (French: Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre, "Satellite for observation of Earth") is a commercial high-resolution optical imaging Earth observation satellite system operating from space.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 720.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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mRESINS

mRESINS tested avionics for future PSLV launches. (attached to PS4)

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 50.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

PROITERES

PROITERES (Project of OIT Electric-Rocket-Engine Onboard Small Space Ship) is a satellite launched by ISRO for the Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT). This small boxlike system, with solar panels on the hull, is the testbench for the 4.4 W Pulsed Plasma thrusters operating on the microsatellite platform. The total power budget of the satellite is 15 watts.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 15.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Location

First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

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Stats

2012

49th orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

37th mission
2nd mission of 2012
25th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission

PSLV

22nd mission
2nd mission of 2012
20th successful mission
18th consecutive successful mission