The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) of the Indian Space Research Organization successfully launched nine satellites into space from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Saturday.
The PSLV-C54 rocket took off carrying EOS-06, also known as Oceansat-3, and 8 nanosatellites. It carries India’s first privately built earth observatory satellite ‘Anand’. This satellite has been developed by Bengaluru-based Pixxel.
The launch was successfully carried out at its scheduled time of 11:56 am from the first launch pad Sriharikota spaceport.
This is the 56th flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and the 24th Flight of PSLV-XL version with 6 PSOM-XLs, as per ISRO.
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) of the Indian Space Research Organization successfully launched nine satellites into space from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Saturday.
The PSLV-C54 rocket took off carrying EOS-06, also known as Oceansat-3, and 8 nanosatellites. It carries India’s first privately built earth observatory satellite ‘Anand’. This satellite has been developed by Bengaluru-based Pixxel.
The launch was successfully carried out at its scheduled time of 11:56 am from the first launch pad Sriharikota spaceport.
This is the 56th flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and the 24th Flight of PSLV-XL version with 6 PSOM-XLs, as per ISRO.
The height of the PSLV-C54 vehicle is 44.4 meters.
Around 17.17 minutes after take-off, the rocket’s fourth stage injected EOS-06 (Oceansat-3) into a 742.7km orbit. EOS-06 is a third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series. This will provide continuity services of Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload specifications as well as application areas.
After placing Oceansat-3 in the orbit, the rocket’s PS4 would change orbits to a 516 km sun-synchronous polar orbit to place the rest of the satellites in the next one hour.
It has two Thybolt satellites, communication payloads made by Dhruva Space, and INS-2B satellite (India-Bhutan Sat) which would be injected into a 528.8km altitude.
The height of the PSLV-C54 vehicle is 44.4 meters.
Around 17.17 minutes after take-off, the rocket’s fourth stage injected EOS-06 (Oceansat-3) into a 742.7km orbit. EOS-06 is a third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series. This will provide continuity services of Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload specifications as well as application areas.
After placing Oceansat-3 in the orbit, the rocket’s PS4 would change orbits to a 516 km sun-synchronous polar orbit to place the rest of the satellites in the next one hour.
It has two Thybolt satellites, communication payloads made by Dhruva Space, and INS-2B satellite (India-Bhutan Sat) which would be injected into a 528.8km altitude.
