PSLV-C4 launched METSAT, later renamed Kalpana-1, India's first dedicated meteorological satellite, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. It was renamed in 2003 in honor of astronaut Kalpana Chawla after the Columbia disaster.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 7th
- of 12 PSLV flights
- Date and time
- 12 September 2002, 10:23 UTC
- Rocket
- PSLV
- Builder
- ISRO
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2002-043
- Launches in 2002
- 43rd of 65
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