What is the full form of PSLV?

PSLV stands for "Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle".

This is a typical launch lift model that is originally designed and also operated by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). This model was designed for the purpose to enable India to launch its Remote Sensing Satellites into space.

Before India decided on making its own PSLV, earlier it was commercially available only in Russia, until 1993 when India started planning its own model. Prior to the making of the Remote Sensing Satellite, it launched multiple small satellites into the Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).

With time, PSLV was able to contribute to much larger and notable projects and some of them include India’s first Lunar Probe which is famously known as Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Mission which is known as Mangalyaan, and lastly promising India’s first space observatory known as Astrosat.

With the progress and with the passage of time, PSLV has launched 52 satellites so far and out of which 49 have been successful in reaching the desired orbit.

PSLV has been a source of feeling proud for the Indians by progressing at an enormous rate.