The PSLV-C44 was the 46th mission of the Indian

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle 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) satellite ...

(PSLV) program. It was the first flight of PSLV-DL, having 2 strap-on boosters and placed a primary payload Microsat-R and a secondary payload of Kalamsat V2 in

Sun-synchronous orbit A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), also called a heliosynchronous orbit, is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given point of the planet's surface at the same local mean solar time. More technically, it is ...

PSLV-C44 launch

The PSLV-C44 was launched from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of the

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Satish Dhawan Space Centre – SDSC (formerly Sriharikota Range – SHAR) is the primary spaceport of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), located in Sriharikota, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh. The spaceport is located on an isl ...

in Sriharikota at 11:37:00 P.M. IST on 24 January 2019, following a 28-hour countdown that began at 07:37 P.M. IST on 23 January 2019.

Mission overview

* Mass: ** ''Payload weight:'' * Overall height: * Propellant: ** ''Stage 1:'' Composite Solid ** ''Stage 2:'' Earth Storable Liquid ** ''Stage 3:'' Composite Solid ** ''Stage 4:'' Earth Storable Liquid * Propellant mass: ** ''Stage 1:'' ** ''Stage 2:'' ** ''Stage 3:'' ** ''Stage 4:'' * Altitude: * Maximum velocity: (recorded at time of Kalamsat separation) * Inclination: 96.567° * Azimuth: 140° * Period: The PSLV C-44 rocket had four stages; each one was self-contained, with its own

propulsion system Propulsion is the generation of force by any combination of pushing or pulling to modify the translational motion of an object, which is typically a rigid body (or an articulated rigid body) but may also concern a fluid. The term is derived from ...

, thereby capable of functioning independently. The first and third stages used composite solid propellants, while the second and fourth stage used earth-storable liquid propellants. It had a lift-off mass of and measured in height. It carried two satellites built by

Defence Research and Development Organisation The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, charged with the military's research and development, head ...

(DRDO) and Space Kidz India into orbit, weighing and respectively, bringing the total payload mass to . The satellite Microsat-R was placed into a lower

of altitude and 96.575° inclination, meanwhile, the second satellite was placed with an experimental 4th stage into an orbit of altitude and 98.767°. The satellite was launched free of cost and was placed into the orbit after 2 subsequent rocket burn past Microsat-R release. It would later be destroyed in the Indian ASAT test ( Mission Shakti) on 27th March 2019.

References

External links

* PSLV-C44 / Microsat-R Mission

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