PSLV-C5

PSLV-C5

Model of the PSLV rocket
Names	Cartosat-1 mission
Mission type	Deployment of Resourcesat-1 satellite.
Operator	ISRO
Website	ISRO website
Mission duration	1,084 seconds
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Spacecraft type	Expendable launch vehicle
Manufacturer	ISRO
Launch mass	295,930 kilograms (652,410 lb)
Payload mass	1,360 kilograms (3,000 lb)
Dimensions	44.4 metres (146 ft) (overall height)
Start of mission
Launch date	04:52:00, October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17T04:52:00) (UTC)
Rocket	Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Launch site	Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Contractor	ISRO
End of mission
Deactivated	October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Sun-synchronous orbit
Payload
Resourcesat-1 (also known as IRS-P6)
Mass	1,360 kilograms (3,000 lb)
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PSLV-C5 was the fifth operational launch and overall eighth mission of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle program. This launch was also the fifty-second launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (IRSO) since its first mission on 1 January 1962. The vehicle carried and injected India's remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-1 (also known as IRS-P6) into a Sun-synchronous orbit; this was the heaviest and most sophisticated satellite built by IRSO through 2003. PSLV-C5 was launched at 04:52 hours Coordinated Universal Time (10:22 hours Indian Standard Time) on 17 October 2003 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}