PSLV | ConnectedCosmos

Communications

Time to liftoff

Targeting 2026

Target Window

2026

Exact time to be confirmed

Net Precision

Year

— Mission

ConnectedCosmos

Low Earth Orbit· LEO

ConnectedCosmos is Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband (Ka-band) constellation designed to provide independent and resilient connectivity infrastructure for Europe and the world, using high-priority Ka-band spectrum filings by the Principality of Liechtenstein.

— Rocket

PSLV

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV in 1993, commercially available only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).

Length: 44 m
Diameter: 2.8 m
Launch Mass: 295 t
LEO Capacity: 3,800 kg
GTO Capacity: 1,200 kg
Maiden Flight: 1993

Launches

— Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

India has two launch pads at the site. The First Launch Pad, operational since 1993, is used for Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle and formerly used by Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Latitude

13.7330°

Longitude

80.2350°

Pad Launches

Timezone

Asia/Kolkata

Map of Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

— Launch Provider

Government

Indian Space Research Organization

Est. 1969 · Chairman: V. Narayanan

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration."

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Success

Pending