PSLV-C34
Model of the PSLV rocket
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| Mission type | Deployment of 20 satellites. |
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| Operator | ISRO |
| Website | ISRO website |
| Mission duration | 26:30 minutes |
| Distance travelled | 505 Km |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| Spacecraft type | Launch vehicle |
| Manufacturer | ISRO |
| Launch mass | 320,000 kilograms (710,000 lb) |
| Payload mass | 1,288 kilograms (2,840 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 09:26:00, 22 June 2016 (IST) |
| Rocket | PSLV |
| Launch site | Satish Dhawan Space Centre |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| Deployment date | 22 June 2016 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Placed in graveyard orbit |
| Deactivated | 22 June 2016 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Regime | Sun-synchronous orbit |
| Payload | |
| Cartosat-2 satellite (primary) and 19 other satellites from Canada, Germany, India, Indonesia & USA. | |
| Transponders | |
| HPBW | |
| First stage | |
| Propellant mass | 211,400 kg (466,100 lb) |
| Fuel | HTPB based |
| Second stage | |
| Propellant mass | 42,000 kg (93,000 lb) |
| Fuel | Liquid UH 25 + N2O4 |
| Third stage | |
| Propellant mass | 7,600 kg (16,800 lb) |
| Fuel | HTPB based |
| Fourth stage | |
| Propellant mass | 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) |
| Fuel | Liquid MMH + MON-3 |
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PSLV-C34 (also known as Cartosat-2 series satellite) was the 36th mission of the PSLV program and 14th mission of PSLV in XL configuration. The PSLV-C34 successfully carried and deployed 20 satellites in the Sun-synchronous orbit. With a launch mass of 320,000 kilograms (710,000 lb) and payload mass of 1,288 kilograms (2,840 lb), the C34 set a new record of deploying the maximum number of satellites by Indian Space Research Organisation in a single mission. The PSLV-C34 carried One Cartosat-2 satellite, SathyabamaSat (satellite from Sathyabama University, Chennai), Swayam (satellite from College of Engineering, Pune) & 17 other satellites from USA, Canada, Germany & Indonesia.
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PSLV-C34 was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 09:26 IST on 22 June 2016. The PSLV carried total 20 satellites including the primary payload Cartosat-2C. Cartosat-2C was placed in low Earth orbit at 9:44 IST. The entire mission lasted 26 minutes and 30 seconds. The PSLV-C34 is a more advanced, expendable version of the rocket used to launch the Indian Mars Orbiter in 2014.
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On 28 April 2008, by placing 10 satellites on PSLV-C9 (PSLV-CA), Indian Space Research Organisation created a world record for the highest number of satellites launched in a single mission. This record was broken by NASA in 2013 (by launching 29 satellites) and was further improved by Russian space agency by deploying 33 satellites in a single mission. PSLV-C34 launch is the biggest launch (in terms of number of satellites) by ISRO and third biggest in the world.
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