<P> ISRO is also considering the development of a three - stage version of the rocket without six strap - on boosters (with the second stage of the four - stage version removed) which will be capable of placing 500 kg to LEO . </P> <P> As of 31 August 2017 the PSLV has made 41 launches, with 38 successfully reaching their planned orbits, two outright failures and one partial failure, yielding a success rate of 7001930000000000000 ♠ 93% (or 7001950000000000000 ♠ 95% including the partial failure). All launches have occurred from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), known before 2002 as the Sriharikota Range (SHAR). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Flight </Th> <Th> Variant </Th> <Th> Launch date / time (UTC) </Th> <Th> Launch pad </Th> <Th> Payload </Th> <Th> Payload mass </Th> <Th> Result </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> D1 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 20 September 1993 05: 12 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> IRS - 1E </Td> <Td> 846 kg </Td> <Td> Failure </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> Maiden flight; attitude control failure at second stage separation . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> D2 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 15 October 1994 05: 05 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> IRS - P2 </Td> <Td> 804 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> D3 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 21 March 1996 04: 53 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> IRS - P3 </Td> <Td> 920 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C1 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 29 September 1997 04: 47 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> IRS - 1D </Td> <Td> 1250 kg </Td> <Td> Partial failure </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> First operational flight; fourth stage under - performed resulting in lower than planned orbit . Satellite used own propulsion to move to correct orbit . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C2 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 26 May 1999 06: 22 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> Oceansat - 1 DLR - Tubsat Kitsat - 3 </Td> <Td> 1050 kg 45 kg 107 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> First launch to have foreign satellites, and first to carry multiple satellites . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C3 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 22 October 2001 04: 53 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> TES PROBA BIRD </Td> <Td> 1108 kg 94 kg 92 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> First multi-orbit mission . TES and BIRD were injected into a nominal 568 km circular sun synchronous polar orbit, PROBA was injected into a 568 X 638 km elliptic orbit . Orbit was raised using RCS thrusters on fourth stage . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C4 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 12 September 2002 10: 23 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> MetSat - 1 (Kalpana - 1) </Td> <Td> 1060 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> India's first launch to GTO . GTO payload capability has reached 1200 kg from 2002 onward, compared to 1050 kg previously . First use of lightweight carbon composite payload adapter . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C5 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 17 October 2003 04: 52 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> RESOURCESAT - 1 (IRS - P6) </Td> <Td> 1360 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> Payload capability had been progressively increased by more than 600 kg since the first PSLV launch . Launch took place despite heavy rain . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C6 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 5 May 2005 04: 45 </Td> <Td> Second </Td> <Td> Cartosat - 1 HAMSAT </Td> <Td> 1560 kg 42.5 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> First PSLV launch from the second launch pad . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C7 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 10 January 2007 03: 54 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> Cartosat - 2 SRE - 1 LAPAN - TUBsat PEHUENSAT - 1 </Td> <Td> 680 kg 500 kg 56 kg 6 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> First flight of hardware upgrade, first launch of reentry capsule (SRE). </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C8 </Td> <Td> PSLV - CA </Td> <Td> 23 April 2007 10: 00 </Td> <Td> Second </Td> <Td> AGILE AAM </Td> <Td> 352 kg 185 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> First flight of the' Core - Alone' configuration . ISRO's first commercial launch (foreign satellite as the main payload). </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C10 </Td> <Td> PSLV - CA </Td> <Td> 21 January 2008 03: 45 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> TecSAR </Td> <Td> 295 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> ISRO's second commercial launch (foreign satellite as the main payload). </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C9 </Td> <Td> PSLV - CA </Td> <Td> 28 April 2008 03: 53 </Td> <Td> Second </Td> <Td> Cartosat - 2A IMS - 1 / TWSAT RUBIN - 8 CanX - 6 / NTS CanX - 2 Cute - 1.7 + APD II Delfi - C3 SEEDS - 2 COMPASS - 1 AAUSAT - II </Td> <Td> 690 kg 83 kg 8 kg 6.5 kg 3.5 kg 3 kg 2.2 kg 1 kg 1 kg 0.75 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C11 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 22 October 2008 00: 52 </Td> <Td> Second </Td> <Td> Chandrayaan - 1 </Td> <Td> 1380 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> First flight of the PSLV - XL configuration, first Indian Lunar probe . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C12 </Td> <Td> PSLV - CA </Td> <Td> 20 April 2009 01: 15 </Td> <Td> Second </Td> <Td> RISAT - 2 ANUSAT </Td> <Td> 300 kg 40 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> India's first radar imaging satellite, RISAT . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C14 </Td> <Td> PSLV - CA </Td> <Td> 23 September 2009 06: 21 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> Oceansat - 2 Rubin 9.1 Rubin 9.2 SwissCube - 1 BeeSat UWE - 2 ITUpSAT1 </Td> <Td> 960 kg 8 kg 8 kg 1 kg 1 kg 1 kg 1 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> Rubin 9.1 and 9.2 intentionally remained attached to the fourth stage . SwissCube - 1 was the first Swiss satellite, and ITUpSAT1 was the first satellite to be constructed in Turkey . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C15 </Td> <Td> PSLV - CA </Td> <Td> 12 July 2010 03: 52 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> Cartosat - 2B <P> ALSAT - 2A AISSat - 1 TIsat - 1 STUDSAT </P> </Td> <Td> 694 kg 117 kg 6.5 kg 1 kg 0.95 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> AISSat - 1 and TIsat are part of NLS - 6 . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C16 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 20 April 2011 04: 42 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> ResourceSat - 2 X-Sat YouthSat </Td> <Td> 1206 kg 106 kg 92 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C17 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 15 July 2011 11: 18 </Td> <Td> Second </Td> <Td> GSAT - 12 </Td> <Td> 1410 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> First use of Vikram flight computer . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C18 </Td> <Td> PSLV - CA </Td> <Td> 12 October 2011 05: 31 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> Megha - Tropiques <P> SRMSAT Jugnu VesselSat - 1 </P> </Td> <Td> 1000 kg 10.9 kg 3 kg 28.7 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C19 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 26 April 2012 00: 17 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> RISAT - 1 </Td> <Td> 1850 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C21 </Td> <Td> PSLV - CA </Td> <Td> 9 September 2012 04: 23 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> SPOT - 6 mRESINS <P> PROITERES </P> </Td> <Td> 720 kg 50 kg 15 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> mRESINS tested avionics for future PSLV launches . ISRO's third commercial launch (foreign satellite as the main payload). ISRO's 100th mission . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C20 </Td> <Td> PSLV - CA </Td> <Td> 25 February 2013 12: 31 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> SARAL <P> Sapphire NEOSSat TUGSAT - 1 UniBRITE - 1 STRaND - 1 AAUSAT3 </P> </Td> <Td> 409 kg 148 kg 74 kg 14 kg 14 kg 6.5 kg 0.8 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> TUGSAT - 1 and UniBRITE were the first Austrian satellites . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C22 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 1 July 2013 18: 11 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> IRNSS - 1A </Td> <Td> 1425 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> India's first regional navigation satellite . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C25 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 5 November 2013 09: 08 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> Mars Orbiter Mission </Td> <Td> 1350 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> India's first Mars mission . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C24 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 4 April 2014 11: 44 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> IRNSS - 1B </Td> <Td> 1432 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> India's second regional navigation satellite . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C23 </Td> <Td> PSLV - CA </Td> <Td> 30 June 2014 04: 22 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> SPOT - 7 CanX - 4 CanX - 5 AISAT VELOX - 1 </Td> <Td> 714 kg 15 kg 15 kg 14 kg 7 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> ISRO's fourth commercial launch (foreign satellite as the main payload). </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C26 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 16 October 2014 20: 02 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> IRNSS - 1C </Td> <Td> 1425.4 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> Seventh PSLV - XL and third Navigation Satellite launch . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C27 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 28 March 2015 11: 49 </Td> <Td> Second </Td> <Td> IRNSS - 1D </Td> <Td> 1425 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> Eighth PSLV - XL and fourth Navigation Satellite launch . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C28 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 10 July 2015 16: 28 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> UK - DMC3A UK - DMC3B UK - DMC3C CBNT - 1 DeOrbitSail </Td> <Td> 447 kg 447 kg 447 kg 91 kg 7 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> At the time it was the heaviest commercial mission (1439 kg) successfully accomplished using a launch vehicle assembled by ISRO . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C30 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 28 September 2015 04: 30 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> Astrosat LAPAN - A2 exactView 9 Lemur - 2 #1 Joel Lemur - 2 #2 Peter Lemur - 2 #3 Jeroen Lemur - 2 #4 Chris </Td> <Td> 1650 kg 68 kg 5.5 kg 4 kg 4 kg 4 kg 4 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> Launch of India's first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory and ISRO's first launch of US satellites . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C29 </Td> <Td> PSLV - CA </Td> <Td> 16 December 2015 12: 30 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> TeLEOS - 1 VELOX - C1 <P> VELOX - II Kent Ridge - 1 Galassia Athenoxat - 1 </P> </Td> <Td> 400 kg 123 kg 13 kg 78 kg 3.4 kg - </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> Commercial launch of 6 Singaporean satellites . Fourth stage re-ignition demonstrated successfully after payload deployment . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C31 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 20 January 2016 04: 01 </Td> <Td> Second </Td> <Td> IRNSS - 1E </Td> <Td> 1425 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> IRNSS - 1E, fifth navigation satellite of the seven satellites constituting the IRNSS space segment launched . It carries two types of payloads--navigation payload and ranging payload . This is the eleventh time' XL' configuration is being flown . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C32 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 10 March 2016 10: 31 </Td> <Td> Second </Td> <Td> IRNSS - 1F </Td> <Td> 1425 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> IRNSS - 1F, sixth navigation satellite of the seven satellites constituting the IRNSS space segment launched . It carries two types of payloads--navigation payload and ranging payload . This is the twelfth time' XL' configuration is being flown . IRNSS - 1F carries Corner Cube Retroreflectors for laser ranging . Launch initially scheduled for 10: 30 was delayed by one minute to avoid space debris . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C33 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 28 April 2016 07: 20 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> IRNSS - 1G </Td> <Td> 1425 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> IRNSS - 1G, last navigation satellite of the seven satellites constituting the IRNSS space segment launched . India's own navigational system, the set - up for which was completed will be called NAVIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C34 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 22 June 2016 03: 55 </Td> <Td> Second </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Cartosat - 2C </Li> <Li> LAPAN - A3 </Li> <Li> BIROS </Li> <Li> SkySat Gen2 - 1 </Li> <Li> GHGSat - D </Li> <Li> M3MSat </Li> <Li> Swayam </Li> <Li> SathyabamaSat </Li> <Li> 12 × Flock - 2P Dove (satellite) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 727.5 kg </Li> <Li> 120 kg </Li> <Li> 130 kg </Li> <Li> 110 kg </Li> <Li> 25.5 kg </Li> <Li> 85 kg </Li> <Li> 1 kg </Li> <Li> 1.5 kg </Li> <Li> 12 × 4.7 kg </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> ISRO's Cartosat - 2C and 19 other satellites launched . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C35 </Td> <Td> PSLV - G </Td> <Td> 26 September 2016 03: 42 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> ScatSat - 1 ALSAT - 2B ALSAT - 1B Pathfinder - 1 Pratham CanX - 7 (NLS - 19) ALSAT - 1N PISat </Td> <Td> 371 kg 117 kg 103 kg 44 kg 10 kg 8 kg 7 kg 5.25 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> ISRO's longest PSLV satellite launch mission . First mission of PSLV in which it launched its payloads into two different orbits . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C36 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 7 December 2016 04: 55 </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> Resourcesat - 2A </Td> <Td> 1235 kg </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C37 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 15 February 2017 <P> 03: 58 </P> </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> Cartosat - 2D INS - 1A INS - 1B Nayif - 1 CubeSats Al Farabi - 1 PEASSS BGUSAT DIDO - 2 Doves Flock - 3P Lemur - 2 </Td> <Td> 730 kg 8.4 kg 9.7 kg 1.1 kg 1.7 kg 3 kg 4.3 kg 4.2 kg 4.7 kg x 88 Nos . 4.6 kg x 8 Nos . </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> PSLV - C37 successfully carried and deployed a record 104 satellites in the Sun - synchronous orbit . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C38 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 23 June 2017 <P> 03: 59 </P> <P> </P> </Td> <Td> First </Td> <Td> Cartosat - 2E NIUSAT CESAT - 1 Lemur - 2 × 8,, Blue, Red, Green Diamonds, Max Valier Sat Venta - 1 D - Sat Aalto - 1 COMPASS - 2 / Dragsail QB50 InflateSail QB50 URSA MAIOR QB50 LituanicaSAT - 2 QB50 PEGASUS QB50 NUDTSat QB50 VZLUSAT1 QB50 UCLSat QB50 SUCHAI ROBUSTA - 1B skCUBE CICERO - 6 Tyvak - 53b (PacSciSat) KickSat Sprites × 6 (All of them flown with Venta - 1 and Max Valier Sat) </Td> <Td> 727 kg 15 kg 60 kg 4 kg x 8 Nos . 18 kg 15 kg 7.5 kg 4.5 kg 4 kg 4 kg 4 kg 3 kg 4 kg 2 kg 2 kg 2 kg 2 kg 1 kg 1 kg 1 kg?? </Td> <Td> Success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Post mission PSLV fourth stage (PS4) was lowered to 350 km altitude and carried Ionization Density and Electric field Analyzer (IDEA) payload by Space Physics Laboratory to measure electron density and electric field measurements in the F region of the ionosphere </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C39 </Td> <Td> PSLV - XL </Td> <Td> 31 August 2017 <P> 13: 30 </P> </Td> <Td> Second </Td> <Td> IRNSS - 1H </Td> <Td> 1425 kg </Td> <Td> Failure </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <P> Payload fairing (heat shield) failed to separate, causing the satellite to remain inside the fairing with the payload dispenser detaching the satellite internally . Second PSLV failure in 24 years, the first one being PSLV - D1 . </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Flight </Th> <Th> Variant </Th> <Th> Launch date / time (UTC) </Th> <Th> Launch pad </Th> <Th> Payload </Th> <Th> Payload mass </Th> <Th> Result </Th> </Tr>

When was pslv launched for the first time