The rocket, on flight 51, carried an all-weather ground-imaging satellite. EOS-01, formerly called RISAT-2BR2, and nine foreign satellites.
The rocket took off at 3:12 p.m., instead of the scheduled time for 3:52 a.m. The launch was postponed for 10 minutes due to lightning that could damage electronic components on board the rocket.
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More than 15 minutes after takeoff, the launch vehicle successfully injected its main payload, EOS-01, into low ground. orbit. It was followed by nine customer satellites.
The EOS-01 carried an X-band synthetic aperture radar. The space agency said that EOS-01 is an earth observation satellite intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management support.
Nine satellites have also been launched at the Mission, including four from the US and Luxembourg and one from Lithuania.
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1604746247000
After the success of the mission, Isro President K Sivan said it was a very “special and unusual” mission for the space agency. “Space activity cannot be done from home. Especially during a launch, each engineer, technician, and all other employees must travel from different centers and work together here at SHAR. In addition, various teams had to be carefully transported from various centers. ”
“Our Isro team rose to the occasion and worked with limited staff, followed all government protocols without compromising quality,” he said.
Sivan said there are three more launches scheduled, including the PSLV-C50 with CMS01, the launch of the new SSLV vehicle with EOS-02, and the GSLV F-10 with EOS-03.
9 other satellites placed in orbit
Foreign satellites include an R2 satellite from Lithuania, which was a technology demonstration, four Kleos satellites (KSM-1A / 1B / 1C / 1D) from Luxembourg for maritime applications, and four Lemur satellites (Lemur-1/2/3/4 ). from the US for multi-mission remote sensing applications.
Saturday’s launch was the first launch for Isro after the Covid-19 pandemic delayed its schedules. It was the 76th launch vehicle mission from the Sriharikota spaceport, the 38th launch from the first launch pad and the second flight of the PSLV with the ‘DL’ variant with two belt thrusters.
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