WATCH | ISRO launched PSLV-C53 mission with three Singapore satellites

ISRO launch live: This was the second PSLV mission of the year; in February ISRO launched PSLV-C52 with the Earth observation satellite EOS-04 and two smaller satellites.

Updated on: Jun 30, 2022, 20:38:33 IST

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday evening launched three satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. The satellites - all are from Singapore - were launched on the PSLV-C53; PSLV stands for Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-53 (Credit: ISRO)

ISRO earlier said this would be the second dedicated commercial mission of its commercial arm, the NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), and the 55th involving India's space workhorse - the PSLV.

The three satellites are - DS-EO and NeuSAR (both belonging to Singapore and built by the Republic of Korea's Starec Initiative) and the 2.8 kg Scoob-1 of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), news agency PTI said.

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The DS-EO carries an electro-optic, multi-spectral payload with 0.5 m resolution imaging capability, while the NeuSAR is Singapore's first small commercial satellite carrying a SAR payload that is capable of providing images 24 hours a day and in all weather conditions.

The SCOOB-I satellite is the first in the Student Satellite Series (S3-I) - a hands-on student training program from the the NTU's Satellite Research Centre (SaRC).

It accompanies the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) orbiting the earth as a stabilised platform, ISRO tweeted. The POEM uses the spent PS4 stage as an orbital platform, ISRO said, noting this is the first time it will orbit the earth as a stabilised platform.

This will be the second PSLV mission of the year; in February ISRO launched PSLV-C52 with the Earth observation satellite EOS-04 and two smaller satellites.

That was ISRO's first space mission of 2022.

With input from PTI

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