PSLV-C5 launched India's Resourcesat-1 (IRS-P6) remote-sensing satellite from Sriharikota into Sun-synchronous orbit. Equipped with three imaging cameras, it was ISRO's most sophisticated Earth-observation satellite to date.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.4 T
- Flight
- 8th
- of 12 PSLV flights
- Date and time
- 17 October 2003, 04:52 UTC
- Rocket
- PSLV
- Builder
- ISRO
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2003-046
- Launches in 2003
- 47th of 63
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