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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.

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle CA
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) · Stored/public JPEG is byte-identical to the Wikimedia Commons original PSLV-C50, CMS-01- Lift-off 003.jpg (3280x4928, 1138403 bytes, SHA-256 9303260b42febac91b4f493165b3972ceb765b78e83fd13bf12597ce2f7b8cec). The Commons record identifies the exact 17 December 2020 PSLV-C50/CMS-01 launch photograph as authored by the Indian Space Research Organisation and sourced from ISRO’s CMS-01 gallery: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSLV-C50,_CMS-01-_Lift-off_003.jpg. The record applies the Government Open Data License - India (GODL-India), which grants a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, adapt, publish, display, and create derivative works for lawful commercial and non-commercial purposes, subject to provider/source/licence attribution and no suggestion of endorsement; the licence excludes official names, crests, logos, symbols, and other separately protected rights. License text: https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf. Current official ISRO mission context: https://www.isro.gov.in/mission_PSLV_C50.html?timeline=timeline. This is an asset-level GODL-India reuse basis, not a public-domain claim or permission to use ISRO marks as endorsement. · Source
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Identity

Aliases
PSLV-CAPSLV CAPSLV Core AloneCore Alone PSLV
Family Name
PSLV
Full Name
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle 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.
Dimensions
Diameter M
2.8
Height M
44.4
First Flight Year
2,007
Last Flight Year
2,024
Manufacturer
Operator
Parent Vehicle Family
Propulsion Configurations
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Rocket Specs
Liftoff Mass Kg
228,270
Reusability
expendable
Stages Count
4
Strap On Boosters Count
0

Links

Official Url
https://www.isro.gov.in/ISRO_EN/PSLV_CON.html

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Creation Time
July 14, 2026 at 07:19:35 UTC
Updated Time
July 29, 2026 at 15:40:10 UTC
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