Editing Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (section)

=== PSLV-3S (concept) ===
PSLV-3S was conceived as a three-staged version of PSLV with its six strap-on boosters and second liquid stage removed. The total lift-off mass of PSLV-3S was expected to be 175 tonnes with capacity to place 500&nbsp;kg in 550&nbsp;km [[low Earth orbit]].<ref name="versions"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/dec252007/1697.pdf|title=Evolution of Indian launch vehicle technologies|date=25 December 2007 |website=www.ias.ac.in|publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524225122/http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/dec252007/1697.pdf|archive-date=24 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spl.gov.in/nsss2016/Program/web/SPS/SPS-1-2.pdf|title=Future of Space Transportation: S. Somanath|date=9 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024195940/http://spl.gov.in/nsss2016/Program/web/SPS/SPS-1-2.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/iasl/files/iasl/Session_3_KRS_Murthi.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010085517/https://www.mcgill.ca/iasl/files/iasl/Session_3_KRS_Murthi.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-10|url-status=live|title=Space Debris Mitigation – Coordination and Implementation efforts in India|last=Murthi|first=K.R. Sridhara|date=9 May 2009|access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jan/02/isros-baby-rocket-to-carry-small-satellites-likely-to-take-off-in-2019-1742052.html|title=ISRO's baby rocket to carry small satellites, likely to take off in 2019|publisher=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-01-02|archive-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072531/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jan/02/isros-baby-rocket-to-carry-small-satellites-likely-to-take-off-in-2019-1742052.html|url-status=live}}</ref>