PSLV-C5 was the fifth operational launch and overall eighth mission of the

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program. This launch was also the fifty-second launch by the

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(IRSO) since its first mission on 1 January 1962. The vehicle carried and injected India's

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Resourcesat-1 Resourcesat-1 (also known as IRS-P6) is an advanced remote sensing satellite built by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The tenth satellite of ISRO in IRS series, Resourcesat-1 is intended to not only continue the remote sensing dat ...

(also known as IRS-P6) into a

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; this was the heaviest and most sophisticated satellite built by IRSO through 2003. PSLV-C5 was launched at 04:52 hours

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(10:22 hours

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) on 17 October 2003 from

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Mission highlights

PSLV-C5 was the fifth operational and overall eighth mission of the

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) satellite ...

program. The vehicle carried and injected the heaviest and most sophisticated

built by the

ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ) is India's national space agency, headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It serves as the principal research and development arm of the Department of Space (DoS), overseen by the Prime Minister o ...

through 2003, Resourcesat-1 (also known as IRS-P6).

Mission parameters

* Mass: ** ''Total liftoff weight:'' ** ''Payload weight:'' * Overall height: * Propellant: ** ''First stage:''

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HTPB based (138.0 + 6 x 9 tonnes) ** ''Second stage:''

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+ (41.5 tonnes) ** ''Third stage:''

HTPB based (7.6 tonnes) ** ''Fourth stage:''

MMH +

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(2.5 tonnes) * Engine: ** ''First stage:'' Core (PS 1) + 6 strap-on

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s (PSOM) ** ''Second stage:''

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** ''Third stage:'' PS 3 ** ''Fourth stage:'' PS 4 *

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: ** ''First stage:'' 4,762 + 645 x 6 kN ** ''Second stage:'' 800 kN ** ''Third stage:'' 246 kN ** ''Fourth stage:'' 7.3 x 2 kN * Altitude: * Maximum velocity: (recorded at time of IRS-P6 separation) * Duration: 1,084 seconds

Payload

PSLV-C5 carried and deployed the ISRO's

(a.k.a. IRS-P6) into a

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 ...

. Resourcesat-1, which carried three cameras ("High Resolution Linear Imaging Self-Scanner", "Medium Resolution Linear Imaging Self-Scanner" and "Advanced Wide Field Sensor") was the tenth ISRO satellite in the IRS series and was intended not only to continue the remote sensing data services provided by

IRS-1C IRS-1C was the fifth remote sensing Indian satellite built, and designed by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). IRS-1C is first second-generation operational Remote Sensing Satellite. The satellite carries payloads with enhanced capabili ...

and

IRS-1D IRS-1D is the seventh satellite in Indian Remote Sensing satellite series of Earth Observation satellites, built, launched and maintained by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The satellite has similar capabilities as that of ISRO's IR ...

, but also to enhance the data quality. Although IRS-P6 had a design life of five years, the satellite was still operational as of October 2015.

Launch and planned flight profile

PSLV-C5 was launched at 04:52 hours

(10:22 hours

) on 17 October 2003 from

. The mission was planned with pre-flight prediction of covering overall altitude of . The flight profile was as follows:

References

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