PSLV

ISRO's PSLV remained grounded after two successive failures.

Open Cosmos has contracted ISRO's PSLV rocket for ConnectedCosmos launches.

In 2018, the Indian government agreed to fund 30 PSLV launches for Rs 6,131 crore, or around €18.6 million per flight.

A senior official at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre said in 2019 that a fully integrated PSLV launch vehicle costs around Rs 200 crore, or approximately €18.1 million.

India’s PSLV rocket is 10 metres taller than Vega C.

India’s PSLV rocket has a payload capacity to low Earth orbit comparable to Vega C.

The 2018 Indian PSLV launch funding included Programme Management and Launch Campaign costs.

The Proba-3 mission’s Coronagraph and Occulter spacecraft were launched aboard an ISRO PSLV-XL rocket in December 2024.

Both PROBA-3 spacecraft were launched aboard an ISRO PSLV-XL rocket in December 2024.

Orbital Paradigm’s KID reentry vehicle survived long enough to transmit valuable data despite ISRO’s PSLV failing during launch.

The PSLV can lift about three times more mass to space at once than Skyroot’s planned Vikram-II upgrade.

The payloads lost in the January 12 PSLV failure included a national hyperspectral satellite, seven private Indian satellites, five Brazilian satellites, one UK satellite, one Nepalese satellite, and one European satellite named KID.

The First Launch Pad was built in the early 1990s for ISRO to launch the PSLV and also supports launches of the smaller SSLV rocket.

The European satellite KID briefly survived the PSLV failure and transmitted some information after experiencing loads up to 30 g.

The January 12 failure was the PSLV’s second consecutive failure following an earlier PSLV failure in May 2025.

The PSLV and LVM3 both use the liquid Vikas engine, creating a technological link in propulsion between the two vehicles.

The Second Launch Pad was built in 2005 primarily to launch the heavier GSLV Mk II and LVM3 rockets and can host PSLV launches less frequently.

Skyroot’s Vikram-I rocket has a lift capacity roughly six to seven times lower than the PSLV for equivalent orbits.