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."
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.
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
