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Launch Vehicles
Vehicle family profile

PSLV

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)Active
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Variants
6
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
64
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
3,800 kg
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
201950
202020
202110
202230
202330
202430
202510
202618
202708
202808
202908
203008
203108
203208
203308
203408
203508

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
PSLV-XL
LEO3,800 kg200 km30 degGunter Krebs / Skyrocket PSLV-XL profile
PSLV-DL
LEO3,800 kgUnknownUnknownSpace Launch Schedule PSLV-DL vehicle page

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
Launch 2026-F01
PSLV-DL
Jan 12, 2026
Launch 2025-F05
PSLV-XL
May 18, 2025
SPADEX
PSLV CA
Dec 30, 2024
PROBA-3

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
PSLV
Not stated3Retired
PSLV C
Not stated9Retired
PSLV CA
Not stated18Active
PSLV-DL
Not stated5Active
203608
203708
203808
203908
204008
204108

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2027Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2028Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2029Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2030Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2031Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2032Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2033Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2034Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2035Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2036Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2037Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2038Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2039Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2040Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2041Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads825%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed. Site-year coverage backfill copied nearest prior site-rate row.
Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2026 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2027 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2028 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2029 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2030 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2031 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

PSLV CA
LEO3,800 kgUnknownUnknownSpace Launch Now PSLV-CA vehicle page
PSLV-DL
SSO1,750 kg600 kmUnknownISRO PSLV page and Space Launch Schedule PSLV-DL vehicle page
PSLV
SSO1,750 kg600 kmUnknownISRO PSLV page
PSLV-XL
SSO1,750 kg600 kmUnknownISRO PSLV page
PSLV-XL
GTO1,425 kgUnknownUnknownISRO PSLV page
PSLV
GTO1,425 kgUnknownUnknownISRO PSLV page
PSLV-XL
GTO1,300 kgUnknownUnknownGunter Krebs / Skyrocket PSLV-XL profile
PSLV-DL
GTO1,200 kgUnknownUnknownSpace Launch Schedule PSLV-DL vehicle page
PSLV CA
GTO1,200 kgUnknownUnknownSpace Launch Now PSLV-CA vehicle page
PSLV CA
SSO1,092 kg622 kmUnknownSpace Launch Now PSLV-CA vehicle page
PSLV-XL
Dec 5, 2024
XPoSAT Mission
PSLV-DL
Jan 1, 2024
Aditya-L1 Mission
PSLV-XL
Sep 2, 2023
DS-SAR Mission
PSLV CA
Jul 30, 2023
TeLEOS-2
PSLV CA
Apr 22, 2023

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

PSLV-QL
Not stated2Retired
PSLV-XL
Not stated27Active
Track
Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2032 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2033 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2034 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2035 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2036 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV launch pads
2037 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Mentions
378
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
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The core-alone version of the PSLV lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, at 12:38 p.m. Eastern and did not use any strap-on boosters.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 17, 2018India’s PSLV launches two British satellites for SSTL
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Capella is signing customers for demonstrations and pilot experiments for its second satellite, which is slated to launch on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in early 2019.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Aug 8, 2018Capella’s first satellite launching this fall

The prototype LEO satellite that Surrey Satellite Technology Limited built for Telesat launched in January on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

GeneralRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 1, 2018Telesat picks Airbus Defence and Space as second constellation design partner

Telesat is testing a prototype satellite from Surrey Satellite Technology Limited that launched in January on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jul 30, 2018Telesat selects Thales-Maxar team for LEO constellation design work

Telesat has one demonstration satellite already in orbit that was launched 2018-01-12 on India’s PSLV rocket.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.4Jul 5, 2018Canada’s LEO constellation fund draws interest from Telesat, MDA

Spaceflight launched a demonstration satellite in 2016 on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

GeneralValue 4.0Jun 11, 2018Spaceflight books three Electron rockets

CE-SAT-I 2018-03-02 follows the experimental CE-SAT-I, which launched in 2017 on an Indian PSLV.

PlanValue 4.0Jun 11, 2018Spaceflight books three Electron rockets

ICEYE launched the first commercial SAR microsatellite, a 70-kilogram spacecraft, in January on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 24, 2018ICEYE raises another $34 million for radar satellites

DIDO-2 was launched on a PSLV on 15 February 2017 during a mission that carried more than one hundred satellites using ISIS’ Launch Services.

PlanGeneralRelationshipsValue 4.0May 18, 2018ISIS selected by SpacePharma again to realize their next DIDO mission

Phase 1 LEO is a prototype satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. that launched in January 2020 on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 15, 2018Global Eagle to collaborate on Telesat LEO constellation

Iceye launched its first SAR microsatellite X1 in January 2018 on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 24, 2018Iceye and Ursa Space forge SAR data-sharing partnership

Many CubeSats on PSLV-C40 carried components, subsystems, or complete spacecraft buses supplied by ISISpace.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.8Jan 12, 201823 satellites successfully deployed by ISISpace QuadPacks

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the PSLV-C40 mission on 12 January 2018.

PlanValue 4.0Jan 12, 201823 satellites successfully deployed by ISISpace QuadPacks

With the success of the PSLV-C40 campaign, ISISpace had reached a cumulative total of 197 QuadPack doors successfully opened.

CapabilityGrowthValue 4.3Jan 12, 201823 satellites successfully deployed by ISISpace QuadPacks

The 23 CubeSats integrated using ISISpace QuadPack deployers on PSLV-C40 were successfully deployed into orbit.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 12, 201823 satellites successfully deployed by ISISpace QuadPacks

ISISpace launched a record 101 satellites on the PSLV-C37 earlier 2017.

PlanCapabilityValue 2.0Jun 23, 2017ISIS Launches 23 CubeSats to low earth orbit on PSLV-C38

The 104 satellites launched on PSLV-C37 exceeded the previous single-launch record from 2014, in which ISISpace also played a major role with its launch service.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.8Feb 15, 2017ISIS gets 101 CubeSats launched during recordbreaking PSLV launch

ISISpace engineers integrated the 101 CubeSats onto the PSLV launch vehicle using satellite deployer systems and sequencing electronics developed in Delft.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 15, 2017ISIS gets 101 CubeSats launched during recordbreaking PSLV launch