PROBABLE POLAR SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE MOCKUP COMPONENTS THUMBA MSL AND ROCKET TEST SITE, VSSC, INDIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 24, 1984
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: PROBABLE POLAR SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE (PSLV)
MOCKUP MP NENTS WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
INDIA AT THUMBA MSL AND ROCKET TEST SITE. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE COMPONENTS, SOME OF WHICH WERE PRESENT 25X1
ARE PROBABLY FOR A PSLV MOCKUP SINCE THEY 25X1
APPEARED TO BE ON THE GROUND AND NO SECURITY WAS EVIDENT.
A PSLV MOCKUP COULD BE USED FOR A STATIC DISPLAY OR
COMPATIBILITY TESTING. THE IDENTIFICATION OF PROBABLE PSLV
MOCKUP COMPONENTS AT THUMBA INDICATES THAT INDIA IS
CONTINUING TO PROGRESS IN ITS SPACE PROGRAM. THUMBA IS ONE
OF INDIA'S MAJOR SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE (SLV) RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES. SPACE LAUNCHES TAKE PLACE AT SRI
IIARIKOTA SPACE LAUNCH FACILITY WHERE 25X1
ADDITIONAL SLV TEST AND LAUNCH FACILITIES ARE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. (SWN)
THE PROBABLE MOCKUP COMPONENTS CLOSELY RESEMBLE THE
PROPOSED PSLV. THE PSLV REPORTEDLY WILL BE CONFIGURED WITH
FOUR STAGES AND SIX STRAP-ON BOOSTERS. THE FIRST, THIRD,
AND FOURTH STAGES WILL BE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS AND THE
SECOND STAGE WILL BE A LIQUID PROPELLANT ENGINE. THE SIX
STRAP-ON BOOSTERS ARE DERIVED FROM THE FIRST STAGE OF THE
SLV-3, A SOLID ROCKET MOTOR. THE PSLV WILL REPORTEDLY BE
CAPABLE OF PLACING A 2,200-POUND PAYLOAD INTO POLAR ORBIT
BY THE LATE 1980'S. SWN
COORDINATES 08-32-05N 076-52-03E (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: SPACE WORLD, DECEMBER 1983, P. 29,
"INDIA'S LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM MOVES AHEAD." (U)
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