PSLV: the Versatile Workhorse Launch Vehicle of India.

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Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), the maiden operational launch vehicle of India, has emerged as a very reliable and versatile launch vehicle by successfully launching satellites, both Indian and foreign, into a variety of orbits around the earth. Though India has subsequently developed two succeeding generation of launch vehicles - GSLV Mark II and GSLV Mark III - of higher capability, complexity and efficiency, nevertheless they have not acquired the conspicuous attention of the country as well as the outside world as PSLV has.This paper discusses several important aspects of PSLV including its lineage, development, configuration and improvements as well as its heritage, past contribution and future prospects.

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