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Launching on PSLV
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| 26 May 1999 | C2 | TUBSAT-C KITSAT-3 |
727km, SSO 12am-12pm | With Oceansat (IRS-P4) as primary payload | ||
| 6 | 22 Oct 2001 | PROBA BIRD |
590km, SSO | With ISRO's TES as primary payload |
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Separation sequences
"The first satellite to be separated from the fourth stage was IRS-P4 mounted on top at 1010 sec from lift-off. This was followed by a 40 deg yaw manoeuvre of the fourth stage and separation of KITSAT-3 which was mounted on the equipment bay. Subsequently, the fourth stage was further yaw-manoeuvred for another 40 deg and DLR-TUBSAT, mounted diagonally opposite to KITSAT-3 was injected into orbit. The sequence of separation was planned in such a way as to avoid any collision between the three satellites and the spent fourth stage."
"The first satellite to be ejected into the orbit was ISRO's TES at a height of 572 km after 970 seconds from lift-off. About 40 seconds later, the second satellite, BIRD, was separated from the fourth stage and equipment bay. Subsequently, the fourth stage reaction control thrusters of PSLV was fired to raise the orbit of the equipment bay along with the third satellite, PROBA, to a height of 590 km before the satellite was ejected, 1658 second from lift-off. The satellites were ejected after suitable reorientation of the equipment to avoid any collision between the satellites and the fourth stage-equipment bay combination. All the three satellites have been placed in their intended polar sun-synchronous orbits."
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