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This page records PSLV-XL | Proba-3 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITESatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Mission
Proba-3 (Project for On-Board Autonomy 3) is the first close formation flying mission for the European Space Agency (ESA). It consists of two independent, three-axis stabilised spacecraft flying 150 meters from one another with the ability to accurately control the attitude and separation of the two craft. Such formation flying will be maintained for 6 hours, creating ″artificial solar eclipse″ for the satellite below. The spacecraft pair will fly a highly elliptical orbit divided between periods of accurate formation flying around apogee, when payload operations will be possible, and periods of free flight.
- Launch vehicle
- PSLV XL
- Mission type
- Technology
- Destination orbit
- Elliptical Orbit
- Launch pad
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad
- Provider
- Indian Space Research Organization
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
PSLV XL
PSLV-XL is the upgraded version of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in its standard configuration boosted by more powerful, stretched strap-on boosters with 12 tonne propellant load. Weighing 320t at lift-off, the vehicle uses larger strap-on motors (PSOM-XL or S12) to achieve higher payload capability. On 29 December 2005, ISRO successfully tested the improved version of strap-on booster for the PSLV. The first use of PSLV-XL was the launch of Chandrayaan-1 by PSLV C11. The payload capability for this variant is 1,800 kg to SSO.
- Height
- 44 m
- Diameter
- 2.8 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 27
- First flight
- 2008-10-22
Recorded timing
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Instantaneous windowPublished target
SCHEDULED MOMENT
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Flight timeline
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- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Booster Ignition
- T+00:00:01
Liftoff
- T+00:00:25
Booster Ignition
- T+00:01:10.1
Booster Separation
- T+00:01:32
Booster Separation
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- T+00:01:49.7
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:01:49.9
SES
- T+00:04:22.38
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:04:23.58
Stage 3 Ignition
- T+00:08:9.22
Stage 3 Separation
- T+00:08:19.62
Kick Stage Ignition
- T+00:16:55.48
Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+00:18:42.48
Payload Separation
Launch site & orbit
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
The mission in perspective
Launch site
DestinationElliptical Orbit
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