In its 36th flight (PSLV-C34), the ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off early Wednesday ( 22nd June, 2016 ) with an assortment of payloads for Indian Government, domestic universities, and institutions and companies from Indonesia, Canada, Germany and United States including a pathfinder satellite for Google's Terra Bella Earth observation mission.
The PSLV-C34 successfully launched the 727.5 Kg Cartosat-2 series satellites along with 19 other co-passengers on 22nd June, 2016 at 09:26 hrs IST. This is the 35th consecutive successful flight of PSLV and 14th in its 'XL' configuration. The total weight of all the satellites was 1288 Kgs. The launch occured at 03:56 GMT on Wednesday..
The 44 meter tall rocket, boosted by its six strap-on motors climbed into a clear sky, initially veering south east from the launch base, then turning south once over the bay of Bengal. The unusual trajectory, called a 'dogleg' maneuver, was required to avoid flying over Sri Lanka.
Four of the strap-on motors were ignited at lift off, then the last pair fired at T+25 seconds moments later the PSLV accelerated faster than speed of sound.
The first four strap-on motors were separated at T+70 seconds, followed by separation of other pair at T+92 seconds as the PSLV soars at an altitude of 47 Kilometers.
The first stage motor burned out and separated at T+109 seconds and a fraction of a second later, the second stage's liquid fueled Vikas Engine turned on with a puff of exhaust visible to ground based cameras.
The Vikas engine produced 180,000 pounds of thrust and burned 42 tons of Hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants during two-and-half minutes of operation. The heat shield or the payload fairing, fell down into two halves at T+155 seconds to reveal the 20 satellites packaged on top of the rocket..
The third stage solid motor ignited at T+4 minutes 22 seconds, at an altitude of 217 Kms. Finally a twin-engine liquid-fueled fourth stage assumed control of the mission at T+8 minutes 17 seconds for an eight minutes firing to reach the proper speed to enter the targeted polar orbit.
Here is a video of the PSLV-C34 Launch...
The PSLV-C34 successfully launched the 727.5 Kg Cartosat-2 series satellites along with 19 other co-passengers on 22nd June, 2016 at 09:26 hrs IST. This is the 35th consecutive successful flight of PSLV and 14th in its 'XL' configuration. The total weight of all the satellites was 1288 Kgs. The launch occured at 03:56 GMT on Wednesday..
The 44 meter tall rocket, boosted by its six strap-on motors climbed into a clear sky, initially veering south east from the launch base, then turning south once over the bay of Bengal. The unusual trajectory, called a 'dogleg' maneuver, was required to avoid flying over Sri Lanka.
Four of the strap-on motors were ignited at lift off, then the last pair fired at T+25 seconds moments later the PSLV accelerated faster than speed of sound.
The first four strap-on motors were separated at T+70 seconds, followed by separation of other pair at T+92 seconds as the PSLV soars at an altitude of 47 Kilometers.
The first stage motor burned out and separated at T+109 seconds and a fraction of a second later, the second stage's liquid fueled Vikas Engine turned on with a puff of exhaust visible to ground based cameras.
The Vikas engine produced 180,000 pounds of thrust and burned 42 tons of Hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants during two-and-half minutes of operation. The heat shield or the payload fairing, fell down into two halves at T+155 seconds to reveal the 20 satellites packaged on top of the rocket..
The third stage solid motor ignited at T+4 minutes 22 seconds, at an altitude of 217 Kms. Finally a twin-engine liquid-fueled fourth stage assumed control of the mission at T+8 minutes 17 seconds for an eight minutes firing to reach the proper speed to enter the targeted polar orbit.
Here is a video of the PSLV-C34 Launch...
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