PSLV-C6 was the sixth operational launch and overall ninth mission of the PSLV program. This launch was also the fifty-fourth launch by Indian Space Research Organisation since its first mission on 1 January 1962. The vehicle carried and injected India's two satellites; Cartosat-1 and HAMSAT into the Sun-synchronous orbit. PSLV-C6 was launched at 04:44 hours Coordinated Universal Time on 5 May 2005 from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
The people looking curiously at the PSLV – C6 on its mobile pedestal after having been strapped to launch tower at Sriharikota on May 1, 2005
The PSLV – C6 on its mobile pedestal after having been strapped to launch tower at Sriharikota on May 1, 2005 (1)
The PSLV – C6 on its mobile pedestal after having been strapped to launch tower at Sriharikota on May 1, 2005
The ninth flight of India’s PSLV-C6, carrying Cartosat-1, India’ largest state-of-the-art remote sensing satellite and a piggyback satellite, HAMSAT at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota on May 5, 2005
The people watching the ninth flight of India’s PSLV-C6, carrying Cartosat-1, India’ largest state-of-the-art remote sensing satellite and a piggyback satellite, HAMSAT at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota
PS LV-C 6 blasting off from launch Tower at Sriharikota on May 5, 2005