PSLV-C4 was the fourth operational launch and overall seventh mission of the PSLV program. This launch was also the forty-eight launch by Indian Space Research Organisation since its first mission on 1 January 1962. The vehicle carried and injected India's first dedicated Meteorological satellite, Kalpana-1 (originally called MetSat) into the Geosynchronous transfer orbit. PSLV-C4 was launched at 15:53 hours IST on 12 September 2002 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (then called "Sriharikota Launching Range").
Mission highlights Fourth operational launch of the PSLV program. Overall seventh mission of the PSLV program. First Indian spaceflight to inject a satellite in the Geosynchronous transfer orbit. PSLV-C4 carried and injected India's first dedicated Meteorological satellite, Kalpana-1.
Mission parameters Mass: Total liftoff weight: Payload weight: Overall height: Propellant: First stage: Solid HTPB based (138.0 + 54 tonnes) Second stage: Liquid UDMH + (40.6 tonnes) Third stage: Solid HTPB based (7.6 tonnes) Fourth stage: Liquid MMH + MON (2.5 tonnes) Engine: First stage: S139 Second stage: Vikas Third stage: Fourth stage: 2 x PS-4 Thrust: First stage: 4,628 + 662 x 6 kN Second stage: 725 kN Third stage: 260 kN Fourth stage: 7.4 x 2 kN Duration: 1,211 seconds
Payload PSLV-C4 carried and deployed India's first dedicated Meteorological satellite, Kalpana-1 into the Geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Country Name Nos Mass Type Objective India Kalpana-1 1 1,060 kg Satellite Meteorological satellite. Weather & climate monitoring of earth
See also Indian Space Research Organisation Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
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