PSLV-C5
Model of the PSLV rocket
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| Names | Resourcesat-1 mission |
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| Mission type | Deployment of Resourcesat-1 satellite. |
| Operator | ISRO |
| Website | ISRO website |
| Mission duration | 1,084 seconds |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| Spacecraft type | Expendable launch vehicle |
| Manufacturer | ISRO |
| Launch mass | 295,930 kilograms (652,410 lb) |
| Payload mass | 1,360 kilograms (3,000 lb) |
| Dimensions | 44.4 metres (146 ft) (overall height) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 04:52:00, October 17, 2003 (UTC) |
| Rocket | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| Launch site | Satish Dhawan Space Centre |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| End of mission | |
| Deactivated | October 17, 2003 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Sun-synchronous orbit |
| Payload | |
| Resourcesat-1 (also known as IRS-P6) | |
| Mass | 1,360 kilograms (3,000 lb) |
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PSLV-C5 was the fifth operational launch and overall eighth mission of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle program. This launch was also the fifty-second launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (IRSO) since its first mission on 1 January 1962. The vehicle carried and injected India's remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-1 (also known as IRS-P6) into a sun-synchronous orbit; this was the heaviest and most sophisticated satellite built by IRSO through 2003. PSLV-C5 was launched at 04:52 hours Coordinated Universal Time (10:22 hours Indian Standard Time) on 17 October 2003 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
PSLV-C5 was the fifth operational and overall eighth mission of the PSLV program. The vehicle carried and injected the heaviest and most sophisticated remote sensing satellite built by the ISRO through 2003, Resourcesat-1 (also known as IRS-P6).
PSLV-C5 carried and deployed the ISRO's Resourcesat-1 (a.k.a. IRS-P6) into a sun-synchronous orbit. Resourcesat-1, which carried three cameras ("High Resolution Linear Imaging Self-Scanner", "Medium Resolution Linear Imaging Self-Scanner" and "Advanced Wide Field Sensor") was the tenth ISRO satellite in the IRS series and was intended not only to continue the remote sensing data services provided by IRS-1C and IRS-1D, but also to enhance the data quality. Although IRS-P6 had a design life of five years, the satellite was still operational as of October 2015.
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