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PSLV XL | DMC-3A, DMC-3B, DMC-3C, CBNT-1 & DeOrbitSAIL

DMC-3, CBNT-1 & DeOrbitSAIL

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Launch Details

Date: 10 July 2015, 04:28 pm UTC

Rocket: PSLV-XL (PSLV)

Provider: Antrix Corporation Limited

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Mission Description

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its thirtieth flight (PSLV-C28), will launch three identical DMC3 optical earth observation satellites. A, B and C. It will also carry two auxiliary satellites from UK. CBNT-1, a technology demonstrator earth observation micro satellite, and De-OrbitSail, a technology demonstrator nano satellite.