India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its 40th flight (PSLV-C38), will launch the 712 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation and 30 co-passenger satellites together weighing about 243 kg at lift-off into a 505 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). PSLV-C38 will be launched from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. This will be the seventeenth flight of PSLV in 'XL' configuration (with the use of solid strap-on motors).The co-passenger satellites comprise 29 Nano satellites from 14 countries namely, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, United Kingdom, and United States of America as well as one Nano satellite from India. The total weight of all these satellites carried on-board PSLV-C38 is about 955 kg.
PSLV-C38 / Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission is scheduled to be launched on June 23, 2017 at 09:29 hrs, IST from SDSC SHAR
Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Dr Sivan said the plan was to lower the altitude of the rocket in space from 500 km to 350 km to launch the satellites in different orbits. The fourth stage will be kept active till it makes 10 orbits around the earth. Earlier, the fourth stage of the rocket that had launched 20 satellites in one go on June 22, 2016, was cut off for 16 minutes and 30 seconds after the lift-off. The 20 satellites were injected into the same orbit.Before that, scientists had re-started the fourth-stage engine of the PSLV for four seconds after the rocket injected six Singapore satellites into the same orbit on December 16, 2015. These experiments came in handy for Isro to place eight satellites in different orbits from the fourth stage of the PSLV-C35 on September 26, 2016.
PSLV-C38 to lower its altitude after separation of Cartosat-2E to inject other satelliteshttp://www.deccanchronicle.com/science/science/200617/isro-to-lower-rockets-altitude.htmlQuoteDirector, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Dr Sivan said the plan was to lower the altitude of the rocket in space from 500 km to 350 km to launch the satellites in different orbits. The fourth stage will be kept active till it makes 10 orbits around the earth. Earlier, the fourth stage of the rocket that had launched 20 satellites in one go on June 22, 2016, was cut off for 16 minutes and 30 seconds after the lift-off. The 20 satellites were injected into the same orbit.
Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Dr Sivan said the plan was to lower the altitude of the rocket in space from 500 km to 350 km to launch the satellites in different orbits. The fourth stage will be kept active till it makes 10 orbits around the earth. Earlier, the fourth stage of the rocket that had launched 20 satellites in one go on June 22, 2016, was cut off for 16 minutes and 30 seconds after the lift-off. The 20 satellites were injected into the same orbit.
Mission Readiness Review (MRR) committee and Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) have cleared the 28 hr countdown of PSLV-C38/Cartosat-2 Satelite Series mission for Thursday, June 22,2017 starting at 05:29 hr IST and the launch of PSLV-C38 / Cartosat2 Satellite Series mission for Friday, June 23, 2017 at 09:29 hr IST
The 28 hr countdown operation of PSLV-C38/Cartosat2 Series Satellite Mission has started on Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 05:29 hr IST
Propellant filling operation of fourth stage (PS4) of PSLV-C38 is under progress
So no docking experiment on this mission ?
Propellant filling operation of fourth stage (PS4) of PSLV-C38 is completed
The list of other satellites areAalto 1