PSLV-C2
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 | 1117.5 seconds |
| Apogee | 735.1 kilometres (457 mi) |
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| Spacecraft | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| Spacecraft type | Expendable launch vehicle |
| Manufacturer | ISRO |
| Launch mass | 294,000 kilograms (648,000 lb) |
| Payload mass | 1,202 kilograms (2,650 lb) |
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| Launch date | 11:52:00, May 26, 1999 (IST) |
| Rocket | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| Launch site | Sriharikota Launching Range |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Placed in graveyard orbit |
| Deactivated | 26 May 1999 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Sun-synchronous |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Payload | |
 Oceansat-1 Kitsat-3 DLR-Tubsat
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PSLV-C2 was the second operational launch and overall fifth mission of the PSLV program. This launch was also the forty-third 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 India's first remote sensing satellite Oceansat-1 (IRS-P4) as the main payload. It also carried South Korean satellite Kitsat-3 and German satellite DLR-Tubsat as auxiliary payloads. PSLV-C2 was the first Indian Expendable launch vehicle to carry and deploy more than one satellite in a mission. This was also India's and ISRO's first commercial spaceflight where South Korea and Germany each paid $1.0 million (equivalent to $1.44 million in 2016) to ISRO for launching their satellites.
PSLV-C2 carried and deployed total three satellites. Oceansat-1 (IRS-P4) was the main payload and Kitsat-3 and DLR-Tubsat were two auxiliary payloads that were mounted on PSLV-C2 equipment bay diametrically opposite to each other. Oceansat-1, was mounted on top of the equipment bay. In the flight sequence, IRS-P4 was injected first, followed by Kitsat-3 and then DLR-Tubsat.
PSLV-C2 was launched at 11:52 a.m. IST on 26 May 1999 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (then called "Sriharikota Launching Range"). The mission was planned with pre-flight prediction of perigee and apogee of 727 km (±35 km). The actual perigee was 723.1 km, apogee was 735.1 km. Following was the planned flight profile.
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