PSLV-C6 carried India's Cartosat-1 Earth-imaging satellite and the amateur-radio HAMSAT microsatellite into sun-synchronous orbit, inaugurating the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T
- Flight
- 9th
- of 12 PSLV flights
- Date and time
- 5 May 2005, 04:45 UTC
- Rocket
- PSLV
- Builder
- ISRO
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2005-017
- Launches in 2005
- 17th of 56
See it in orbit
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