The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is launching a total of nine satellites into space on Saturday, which includes the primary satellite EOS-06 and eight nanosatellites that have been developed by private companies and also jointly by India and Bhutan.
The Indian Space Research Centre (Isro) is set to conduct the final launch of the Polar Satellite Launch vehicle (PSLV) on Sunday. The PSLV-C54 mission will lift off with nine satellites to be deployed in the sun-synchronous orbit completing the last mission of the PSLV for 2022.
The spacecraft was on Friday cleared for the Saturday launch, which will be the 56th flight of the PSLV from India. The vehicle will launch with a lift-off mass of 321 tonnes. The spacecraft is carrying nine satellites, which include 7 customer satellites, a diplomatic satellite jointly built with Bhutan, and a national satellite part of the Oceansat series of probes.
The 24th Flight of the PSLV-XL version will separate the primary satellite in Orbit-1 following which an orbit change is planned using two Orbit Change Thrusters (OCTs) introduced in the Propulsion Bay Ring of the PSLV-C54 Vehicle.
Isro is launching a total of nine satellites into space on Saturday, which includes the primary satellite EOS-06 and eight nanosatellites that have been developed by private companies and also jointly by India and Bhutan. The Earth Observation Satellite-06 is the third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series and is designed to provide continuity services of Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload specifications as well as application areas.
