PSLV

Manufacturer: Indian Space Research Organization · Maiden flight: 20 September 1993 · Wikipedia (opens in new tab)

Launches12

Successes10

Failures2

Success rate83.3%

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV in 1993, commercially available only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).