ISRO successfully places seven Singaporean satellites into intended orbit

ISRO on Sunday successfully launched its proven PSLV rocket carrying seven Singaporean satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre here and placed them into intended orbits Around 23 minutes after liftoff the primary satellite got separated and it was followed by six other copassenger satellites which were deployed into the intended orbits sequentially ISRO said On the successful launch and separation of the satellites ISRO posted on Twitter PSLVC56DSSAR MissionThe mission is successfully accomplished PSLVC56 vehicle launched all seven satellites precisely into their intended orbits Thanks to NSIL_India and Singapore for the contract This ISRO mission which comes after the muchawaited Chandrayaan3 launch earlier this month is being undertaken by its commercial arm NewSpace India LimitedIn todays dedicated commercial mission the primary payload being carried by ISROs trusted workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is the DSSAR Radar Imaging Earth Observation satellite which has been developed under a partnership between DSTA representing the Government of Singapore and ST Engineering SingaporeThe 360kg satellite upon deployment at an altitude of 535 km into a Nearequatorial Orbit NEO would be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Government of Singapore ST Engineering would use the satellite for multimodal and higher responsiveness imagery and geospatial services for their commercial customersThe satellite carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar SAR payload developed by Israel Aerospace Industries The payload allows DSSAR to provide for allweather dayandnight coverage and it is capable of imaging at 1metre resolution After the 25 hour countdown that commenced on Saturday concluded the 444 metre tall rocket lifted off majestically from the first launch pad at this spaceport at the prefixed time of 631 am emanating thick fumes on its tail Sriharikota is located about 135 km from Chennai on the eastern coastThe copassenger satellites are 1 VELOXAMa 23 kg technology demonstration microsatellite 2 ARCADE Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Explorer ARCADE an experimental satellite 3 SCOOBII a 3U nanosatellite flying a technology demonstrator payload 4 NULloN by NuSpace an advanced 3U nanosatellite enabling seamless Internet of Things connectivity in both urban and remote locations 5 Galassia2 a 3U nanosatellite that would be orbiting at low earth orbit and 6 ORB12 STRIDER a satellite developed under an international collaboration the Bengaluruheadquartered space agency saidTodays mission is the 58th flight of PSLV and using the 17th vehicle with Core Alone Configuration According to the space agency a Core Alone version of the rocket means the vehicle would not use solid strapon motors on its sides in the first stage as compared to other variants like PSLVXL QL and DL which use six four or two boosters respectivelyPSLV has earned its title as the Workhorse of ISRO through consistently delivering various satellites into low earth orbits ISRO said This is the second campaign to be undertaken by ISRO after the much awaited Chandrayaan3 mission which was launched on July 14 from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre hereCurrently the Chandrayaan3 spacecraft is undergoing orbit raising manoeuvres On July 25 ISRO scientists successfully performed the fifth orbitraising manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan3 spacecraft setting the stage for the planned August 1 journey towards the Moon after leaving the orbit of the Earth Todays mission follows PSLVC55TeLEOS2 mission which was successfully launched in April to serve the customers in SingaporeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever