PSLV-C14

EXPECTED LAUNCH DATE: SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

 LAUNCH VEHICLE
• The payload is to be launched using the
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in
its Core Alone configuration called PSLV-
CA.
• The Core Alone configuration does not
use any strap-on boosters.
• This configuration has the capability to
send 1100 kg into a 622 km sun
synchronous orbit.
• The flyaway cost for each launch of PSLV
is US$ 17 million.
 PSLV
• Height: 44 metre (140 feet)
• Diameter: 2.8 metre (9 feet 2 inches)
• Mass: 294,000 kilogram (650,000 pounds)
• Stages: 4, no strap on for Core Alone
• First stage: One Solid Fuel engine with Hydroxyl-terminated
polybutadine (HTPB) fuel.
• Second Stage: One Vikas Engine using Dinitrogen Tetroxide
(N2O4) and Unsymmetrical Di Methyl Hydrazine (UDMH) fuel.
• Third Stage: One Solid Fuel Engine
• Fourth Stage: Two liquid engines using Mono Methyl Hydrazine
(MMH) and Unsymmetrical Di Methyl Hydrazine (UDMH) fuel.
 PSLV
• PSLV was developed to allow India to launch Indian
Remote Sensing Satellites (IRS) into Sun
Synchronous Orbit.
• It is versatile enough to launch small satellites into
geostationary transfer orbit.
• The PSLV has launched nearly 30 spacecrafts into
various orbits.
• In April 2008 it successfully launched 10 satellites in
one launch breaking the world record held by Russia.
• In October 2008, an advanced configuration PSLV-XL
launched India’s maiden lunar mission, Chandrayaan-
I.
• PSLV has had only 1 failure during its development
launch due to a software failure.
 PAYLOADS
• PRIMARY PAYLOAD: India’s Oceansat-2
• Cubesat: Switzerland’s SwissCube
• Cubesat: Germany’s BeeSat
• Cubesat: Germany’s UWE-2
• Cubesat: Turkey’s ITUpSat-1
• Two rubinsats by Luxembourg and
Germany
 Launch Profile
• Lift-off from Sriharikota.
• After completion of launch sequence,
Oceansat-2 will be the first to be deployed
by the fourth stage of the PSLV.
• Spring action will be used to deploy the 4
cubesats.
• The two rubinsats will remain with the
fourth stage of PSLV to perform its
mission.
 LIFTOFF
LIFTOFF IS EXPECTED ON SEPTEMBER
23, 2009. WE AWAIT MORE DETAILS
FROM ISRO.