Model of the PSLV rocket
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Mission type | Deployment of one satellite. |
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Operator | ISRO |
Website | ISRO website |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
Spacecraft type | Launch vehicle |
Manufacturer | ISRO |
Launch mass | 295,000 kilograms (650,000 lb) |
Payload mass | 804 kilograms (1,773 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 05:05:00, October 15, 1994IST) | (
Rocket | PSLV |
Launch site | Sriharikota Launching Range |
Contractor | ISRO |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Placed in graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | 15 October 1994 |
Orbital parameters | |
Regime | Sun-synchronous Low Earth orbit |
Payload | |
IRS-P2 | |
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PSLV-D2 was the second mission of the PSLV program by Indian Space Research Organisation. The vehicle carried IRS-P2 satellite which was deployed in the Sun-synchronous Low Earth orbit.
PSLV-D2 was launched at 05:05 a.m. IST on 15 October 1994 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (then called "Sriharikota Launching Range"). The vehicle successfully achieved orbit, placing the IRS-P2 satellite in a 820 km sun-synchronous orbit.