ISRO Said that the launch of the satellite was completed at 02:19 pm Indian time.
#Watch , Andhra Pradesh: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched its PSLV-C55 with two satellites from Singapore for Earth observation from Sriharikota.
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Speaking about the launch, S Somnath said that the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its 57th flight, once again demonstrated its potential for commercial launch.
The ISRO chief said, “It was a mission towards the east. The climb was 9.9 degrees, which was very promising. The PSLV, in its 57th flight, once again proved its high credentials and potential for commercial missions of this class.” performed.”
this satellite ISRO are part of the contract awarded to NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a commercial arm of
The rocket took off with ‘Teleos-2’ as the primary satellite and ‘Lumalite-4’ as the co-passenger satellite and placed both the satellites in the designated orbit.
At the end of a 22.5-hour countdown that began on Friday, the 44.4-metre sketch rocket blasted off in spectacular mode from the first launch pad at the Satish Bound Space Centre, located about 135 km from Chennai, today.
S Somnath He added, “In this mission, we had a ‘core alone configuration’ of PSLV, in which several specifications and improvements were made to reduce the cost of the rocket and reduce its integrity time. The target is to increase the production and exposure of PSLV in the coming times.
Mission director PR Biju said the ‘fully dedicated commercial mission’ was carried out with ‘the utmost trepidation’.
The primary satellite ‘TeleOS-2’ is a similar communications portfolio, developed under a partnership between the Defense Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), representing the Government of Singapore, and ST Engineering.
It will be used to meet the requirements of satellite images of various documents of the Government of Singapore. TeleOS-2 carries a Large Aperture (SAR) instrument. It will be used to provide day and night coverage in all weather conditions.
The co-passenger satellite ‘Lumalite-4’ has been co-launched by the Infocomm Research and Satellite Technology and Research Center of the National University of Singapore.
ISRO said that Satellite Singapore aims to enhance maritime security and benefit the global shipping community.
Saturday’s mission is the 57th flight of PSLV and the 16th mission to use the ‘PSLV core alone configuration’.
In December 2015, ISRO launched the TeleOS-1 satellite into a 550 km circular orbit in the PSLV-C29 mission along with five other satellites from Singapore.
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