PSLV-C3
Model of the PSLV rocket
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| Mission type | Deployment of three satellites. |
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| Operator | ISRO |
| Website | ISRO website |
| Mission duration | 1,658 seconds |
| Apogee | 586.7 kilometres (365 mi) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| Spacecraft type | Expendable launch vehicle |
| Manufacturer | ISRO |
| Launch mass | 294,000 kilograms (648,000 lb) |
| Payload mass | 1,294 kilograms (2,853 lb) |
| Dimensions | 44.4 metres (146 ft) (overall height) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 10:23:00, October 22, 2001 (IST) |
| Rocket | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| Launch site | Sriharikota Launching Range |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Placed in graveyard orbit |
| Deactivated | October 22, 2001 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Sun-synchronous |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Payload | |
 TES BIRD PROBA
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| Mass | 1,294 kilograms (2,853 lb) |
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PSLV-C3 was the third operational launch and overall sixth mission of the PSLV program. This launch was also the forty-sixth launch by Indian Space Research Organisation since its first mission on 1 January 1962. The vehicle carried three satellites which were deployed in the Sun-synchronous Low Earth orbit. The vehicle carried Technology Experiment Satellite (Indian experimental earth observation satellite), BIRD (German earth observation satellite) and PROBA (experimental satellite from Belgium). This was India's and ISRO's second commercial spaceflight. PSLV-C3 was launched at 10:23 a.m. IST on 22 October 2001 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (then called "Sriharikota Launching Range").
PSLV-C3 carried and deployed total three satellites. Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) was the main payload and BIRD and PROBA were two auxiliary payloads that were mounted on PSLV-C3. In the flight sequence, TES was injected first, followed by BIRD and then PROBA.
PSLV-C3 was launched at 10:23 a.m. IST on 22 October 2001 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (then called "Sriharikota Launching Range"). The mission was planned with pre-flight prediction of covering overall distance of 586.668 kilometres (365 mi). Following was the planned flight profile.
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