PSLV-C6
The PSLV – C6 on its mobile pedestal after having been strapped to launch tower at Sriharikota on 1 May 2005 | |
| Names | HAMSAT mission |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Deployment of two satellites. |
| Operator | ISRO |
| Website | ISRO website |
| Mission duration | 1,120 seconds |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| Spacecraft type | Expendable launch vehicle |
| Manufacturer | ISRO |
| Launch mass | 295,980 kilograms (652,520 lb) |
| Payload mass | 1,602.5 kilograms (3,533 lb) |
| Dimensions | 44.4 metres (146 ft) (overall height) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 04:44, May 5, 2005 (UTC) |
| Rocket | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| Launch site | SDSC SLP |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Placed in graveyard orbit |
| Deactivated | May 5, 2005 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Sun-synchronous orbit |
| Payload | |
| Cartosat-1 HAMSAT | |
| Mass | 1,602.5 kilograms (3,533 lb) |
PSLV-C6 was the sixth operational launch and overall ninth mission of the PSLV program. This launch was also the fifty-fourth launch by Indian Space Research Organisation since its first mission on 1 January 1962. The vehicle carried and injected India's two satellites; Cartosat-1 (a.k.a. IRS-P5) and HAMSAT into the Sun-synchronous orbit. PSLV-C6 was launched at 04:44 hours Coordinated Universal Time (10:14 hours Indian Standard Time) on 5 May 2005 from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.