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30 Jun, 22
30 Jun, 22
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ISRO successfully launches PSLV-C53/DS-EO satellites at Sriharikota

This will be ISRO’s second PSLV mission of the year.

By Qrius

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched three satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota.

The satellites – all are from Singapore – will be launched on the PSLV9 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)-C53 platform.

According to news agency PTI, the three satellites are the DS-EO and NeuSAR, built by Korea’s Starec Initiative, while the third is is the 2.8 kg SCOOB-I by Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

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

The DS-EO is a 365 kg, electro-optic, multi-spectral satellite with 0.5 m resolution imaging capability to be used in land classification, and serve humanitarian assistance and disaster relief needs, while the 155-kg NeuSAR is Singapore’s first small commercial satellite carrying an SAR payload that can provide images 24 hours a day in all-weather conditions.

The PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) will be 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 this will happen.

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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, according to the official website of the space agency.



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