PSLV-C56: ISRO’s 90th Mission Successfully Places Seven Singaporean Satellites Into Intended Orbit

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">PSLV-C56, the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) 90th space mission, has successfully placed seven Singaporean satellites into a 535-kilometre circular orbit, and at an inclination of five degrees. The primary satellite for PSLV-C56 is DS-SAR, and hence, the mission is also known as the DS-SAR mission. The seven satellites were launched atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on July 30, 2023, at 6:30 am IST, from First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The fourth stage of PSLV will be placed into a lower orbit, ISRO Chairman S Somanath announced during the livestream of the launch.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DS-SAR is a 360-kilogram satellite developed through a partnership between the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), an agency under the Government of Singapore, and ST Engineering, a Singaporean engineering and technology group. Six co-passenger satellites were launched atop PSLV-C56. These are: Velox-AM, ARCADE, SCOOB-II, NuLIoN, Galassia-2, and ORB-12 Strider, ISRO said in a mission update. ARCADE stands for Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Explorer.&nbsp;</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">🇮🇳PSLV-C56/🇸🇬DS-SAR Mission:<br />The mission is successfully accomplished.<br /><br />PSLV-C56 vehicle launched all seven satellites precisely into their intended orbits. 🎯<br /><br />Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/NSIL_India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NSIL_India</a> and Singapore, for the contract.</p> &mdash; ISRO (@isro) <a href="https://twitter.com/isro/status/1685462903993106433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Velox-AM, ARCADE, and SCOOB-II have been developed by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; NuLIoN has been developed by NuSpace, an aerospace company in Singapore; Galassia-2 is developed by the National University of Singapore; and ORB-12 Strider is developed by Aliena, a space-tech company in Singapore.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>ALSO READ | <a title="What Are Dark Matter And Dark Energy? Here's What A CERN Scientist Says" href="https://ift.tt/gOevS3N" target="_self">What Are Dark Matter And Dark Energy? Here's What A CERN Scientist Says</a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DS-SAR consists of a synthetic aperture radar payload developed by Israel Aerospace Industries. The function of the synthetic aperture radar is to monitor the weather the entire day, and capture images at one-metre resolution. These satellite images will serve the purposes of different agencies within the Government of Singapore. Meanwhile, ST Engineering will use the DS-SAR satellite to provide geospatial services to commercial customers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to ISRO, Velox-AM is a 23-kilogram microsatellite which will be launched with the purpose of technology demonstration; ARCADE is an experimental satellite; SCOOB-II is a nanosatellite and will be used for technology demonstration; NuLIoN is an advanced nanosatellite that will enable seamless "Internet of Things" connectivity in urban and remote locations; Galassia-2 is a nanosatellite that will orbit Earth at low-Earth orbit; and ORB-12 Strider is a satellite developed as part of an international collaboration.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The PSLV-C56 mission was launched in collaboration with New Space India Limited (NSIL). This was PSLV's second mission this year, and 58th mission so far.</span></p>

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