Isro on Saturday successfully placed all 9 satellites, including an earth observation satellite EOS-06 in multiple orbits. The mission was completed with the help of the space agency's PSLV-C55 launch vehicle. Stay with TOI for live updates --Read Less
PSLV-C54/EOS-06 Mission is accomplished. The remaining satellites have all been injected into their intended orbits.
The rocket successfully places all nine satellites in multiple orbits.
PSLV-C54 travels around the earth to change orbit in less than an hour to place eight nano satellites -Thybolt, Astrocast, INS-2B and Anand
The satellite was placed in a 742km sun synchronous polar orbit around 17.17minutes after lift off.
Isro launched PSLV-C54 rocket carrying EOS-06 also known as Oceansat-3 and 8 nano satellites to a Sun Synchronous Orbit from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
The rocket launch was successfully carried out at 56 minutes past 11am on Saturday morning.
PSLV-C54/ EOS-06 mission successfully launched .
Isro's PSLV-C54 carrying 9 satellites successfully lifts off from Sriharikota.
PSLV, in its 56th flight, successfully lifts off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota with nine satellites including 1117kg weighing EOS-06 (Oceansat-03), an earth observation satellite
A curtain raiser video of PSLV-c54/EOS-06 mission screened at the media centre, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
It will be followed by PSLV's fourth engine start and stop twice for nearly one hour as the rocket flies to 516.3km orbit to inject the passenger satellites.
With less than 15minutes left, mission director authorises initiation of automatic launch sequence for the launch of PSLV-C54.
The rocket will also carry India's first privately built earth observation satellite 'Anand' developed by Bengaluru-based Pixxel.
This a nearly two hour mission where the rocket will places all nine satellites in multiple orbits.
Countdown for PSLV-C54 carrying EOS-06, an earth observation satellite, and eight other nano satellites in progress.
The rocket is expected to lift off at 11.56am. About 17 minutes into the flight the rocket will first eject EOS-6.
According to ISRO, the EOS-6/Oceansat will provide continuity services of Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload capabilities and application areas.
The ISRO said the satellite will ensure data continuity of ocean colour and wind vector data to sustain the operational applications. It will also improve the applications, some additional datasets such as Sea Surface Temperature and more bands in Optical region for fluorescence and in Infrared region for atmospheric corrections are accommodated.
The separation of the Earth Observation Satellite is expected to take place in orbit-1 while the passenger payloads would be separated in Orbit-2.