PSLV

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). The versions of the PSLV rocket range from 0 to 6 side boosters on the first stage, according to customer needs. You may see a configuration "PSLV" listed below, this is a placeholder configuration we use for unknown missions.