The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on July 30 launched its proven Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket carrying seven Singaporean satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 6:31 am.
This ISRO mission, which comes after the much-awaited Chandrayaan-3 launch earlier this month, is being undertaken by its commercial arm NewSpace India Limited.
In this dedicated commercial mission, the primary payload being carried by ISRO's trusted workhorse PSLV is the DS-SAR Radar Imaging Earth Observation satellite, which has been developed under a partnership between DSTA (representing the Government of Singapore) and ST Engineering, Singapore.
The 360-kg satellite, upon deployment at an altitude of 535 km into a Near-equatorial Orbit (NEO), would be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Government of Singapore.
(PTI)
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