Guruprasad, BR and Mayilvaganan, M
(2019)
PSLV: The versatile workhorse launch vehicle of India.
Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies, 71 (1).
pp. 1-15.
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| Abstract: |
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), the maiden operational launch vehicle of India, has emerged
as a very reliable and versatile launch vehicle by successfully launching satellites, both Indian and
foreign, into a variety of orbits around the earth. Though India has subsequently developed two
succeeding generation of launch vehicles - GSLV Mark II and GSLV Mark III - of higher capability,
complexity and efficiency, nevertheless they have not acquired the conspicuous attention of the
country as well as the outside world as PSLV has, through its numerous multifarious achievements.
Despite its uncommon design of alternating solid and liquid stages, the robustness of the four stage
PSLV design has been repeatedly proved by its successes as well as the resilience of the vehicle to
quickly recover from rare failures. Besides launching a record number of 104 satellites in a single
mission, PSLV has many other achievements to its credit including the launch of satellites into polar
Sun Synchronous, Geosynchronous Transfer and sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits as well as
Low Earth Orbits of moderate and very low inclinations. This paper discusses several important
aspects of PSLV including its lineage, development, configuration and improvements as well as its
heritage, past contribution and future prospects on the occasion of its recent success in launching 31
satellites from India and eight other countries into two different orbits on November 29, 2018. |
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Programmes > International Strategic and Security Studies Programme
School of Conflict and Security Studies > Security Studies |
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23 Jun 2020 11:25 |
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