Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle XL
PSLV-XL is the high-capacity Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle configuration with six extended PSOM-XL solid strap-on motors. It flew 27 times from PSLV-C11 in October 2008 through PSLV-C61 in May 2025, including Chandrayaan-1, the Mars Orbiter Mission, AstroSat, and Aditya-L1; C39 and C61 were unsuccessful.
Identity
- Aliases
- PSLV-XLPSLV XL
- Family Name
- PSLV
- Full Name
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle XL
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- pslv-xl
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- XL
Details
- Description
- PSLV-XL is the high-capacity Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle configuration with six extended PSOM-XL solid strap-on motors. It flew 27 times from PSLV-C11 in October 2008 through PSLV-C61 in May 2025, including Chandrayaan-1, the Mars Orbiter Mission, AstroSat, and Aditya-L1; C39 and C61 were unsuccessful.
- Diameter M
- 2.8
- Engines
- Count
- 1
- Name
- S139 solid rocket motor
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 6
- Name
- PSOM-XL solid rocket motor
- Placement
- booster
- 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
- 2,008
- Height M
- 44.4
- Last Flight Year
- 2,025
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 320,000
- Manufacturer Id
- vh7c0c2003z1w3xxf0vgysyq7h7ng887
- Operator Id
- vh7c0c2003z1w3xxf0vgysyq7h7ng887
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7kf3d1grypv3grmkywm6f4qn8aemen
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Sso
- 1,750
- Stages Count
- 4
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 6
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.isro.gov.in/ISRO_EN/PSLV_CON.html
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 9:57:34 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 6:17:33 PM