Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle CA
PSLV-CA, or Core Alone, is the lightest Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle configuration. It omits strap-on motors while retaining the four-stage PSLV core and completed 18 successful flights from PSLV-C8 in April 2007 through PSLV-C60 in December 2024.
Identity
- Aliases
- PSLV-CAPSLV CAPSLV Core AloneCore Alone PSLV
- Family Name
- PSLV
- Full Name
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle CA
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- pslv-ca
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- CA
Details
- Description
- PSLV-CA, or Core Alone, is the lightest Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle configuration. It omits strap-on motors while retaining the four-stage PSLV core and completed 18 successful flights from PSLV-C8 in April 2007 through PSLV-C60 in December 2024.
- Diameter M
- 2.8
- Engines
- Count
- 1
- Name
- S139 solid rocket motor
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 1
- Name
- Vikas
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 1
- Name
- PS3 solid rocket motor
- Placement
- upper
- Count
- 2
- Name
- PS4 liquid engine
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 2,007
- Height M
- 44.4
- Last Flight Year
- 2,024
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 228,270
- Manufacturer Id
- vh7c0c2003z1w3xxf0vgysyq7h7ng887
- Operator Id
- vh7c0c2003z1w3xxf0vgysyq7h7ng887
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7kf3d1grypv3grmkywm6f4qn8aemen
- Stages Count
- 4
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.isro.gov.in/ISRO_EN/PSLV_CON.html
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 7:19:35 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 6:17:32 PM