PSLV | TES

PSLV | TES

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."

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TES

Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) is Indian remote sensing and photo-reconnaissance satellite. The 1108 kg satellite carries a one-meter resolution panchromatic camera is an experimental satellite to demonstrate and validate, in orbit, technologies that could be used in the future satellites of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was successfully placed in 572 km Sun-synchronous orbit on 22 October 2001 using the PSLV-C3. The PSLV-C3 also injected two more satellites: PROBA, a Belgian satellite and BIRD, a German satellite.

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PSLV


Height 44.00 Meters

Max Stages 4

Mass To GTO 1200 kg

Liftoff Thrust 4847 kN

Diameter 2.80 Meters

Mass To LEO 3800 kg

Liftoff Mass 295 Tonnes


Launch Success 10

Consecutive Success 8

Maiden Flight 1993-09-20

Launch Failures 2


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