PSLV-XL | Proba-3
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
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Indian Space Research Organization
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration."
Proba-3
Proba-3 (Project for On-Board Autonomy 3) is the first close formation flying mission for the European Space Agency (ESA). It consists of two independent, three-axis stabilised spacecraft flying 150 meters from one another with the ability to accurately control the attitude and separation of the two craft. Such formation flying will be maintained for 6 hours, creating ″artificial solar eclipse″ for the satellite below. The spacecraft pair will fly a highly elliptical orbit divided between periods of accurate formation flying around apogee, when payload operations will be possible, and periods of free flight.
PSLV XL
Height 44.00 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 0 kN
Diameter 2.80 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 320 Tonnes
Launch Success 24
Consecutive Success 7
Maiden Flight 2008-10-22
Launch Failures 1
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