LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Mon Oct 22 2001

Indian Space Research Organization

TES

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(4:53 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(4:53 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(4:53 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

PSLV

Description:

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV in 1993, commercially available only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Earth Science
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.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Sriharikota, Republic of India

Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad