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Indian Space Research Organization · Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

A PSLV standing on display.
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Time still moving

PSLV-XL | TDS-01

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What this is

Indian Space Research Organization is launching a rocket called PSLV-XL from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India. The public listing does not name a cargo yet. This is a stretched path that lets a satellite climb out to a very high parking spot.

Indian Space Research Organization is flying a PSLV-XL from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India. Mission: TDS-01. TDS-01 (Technology Demonstration Satellite-01) is an Indian technology demonstration satellite carrying payloads for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar and the CSIR-CEERI, Pilani. Payloads to be tested included an internally developed 300 mN electric powered thrusters, atomic clocks, travelling wave tube amplifiers (TWTA) & a quantum communication suite (QuTDS). Planned orbit: . Status: To Be Determined. Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources. The published time can still slip. Rockets wait for weather, boats, and the range.

Story written from the public listing. A model key can be added later; none is required.

From here

Too far to see

You will not see this rocket from Centennial, Colorado. It is about 8,738 miles north. The broadcast is the view.

That is too far for the flame and, for almost every launch, too far for the high-altitude plume. Dim the lights and watch together anyway. The clock is still loose, so daylight is a guess.

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Who is on this flight

Every company we can name, in plain words, plus a careers page when we have a real one.

Careers links are public pages we know. If we do not have one, we do not invent it.

Ask about this launch

Only what the listing says

Questions stay with this launch. If a model key is configured on the server, the answer is cached. Without a key, the reply is taken straight from the record.

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So the slip still finds you

A single launch can be saved now. The subscribe feed, on the launches page, is the one that moves when a rocket slips. Calendar alarms do not know about bedtime quiet hours.