Tag: PSLV
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India’s accomplishments in space are getting more impressive
It’s been more than a week since India’s Chandrayaan 3 mission landed on the Moon, and it’s a good time to assess where the world’s most populous nation stands relative to other global space powers. The successful arrival of the Chandrayaan 3 mission’s Vikram lander on the Moon made India the first country besides China…
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Launch roundup: Falcon Heavy launches largest GEO satellite, Rocket Lab’s Electron to complete 40th flight
The week of July 24 through July 30 will end the month with at least four more launches, focused mostly on increasing the number of Earth-imaging satellites sent to space. Firstly, China launched Yaogn satellites atop the Chang Zheng 2D; SpaceX also launched a Starlink mission and Falcon Heavy launched the largest-ever geostationary (GEO) satellite into…
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India’s PSLV launches with two Singaporean satellites
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Saturday. Credit: ISRO An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Saturday and flew to an altitude of more than 360 miles (580 kilometers) to deploy two Singaporean satellites, one for all-weather radar imaging surveillance and another for technology demonstrations. The…
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ISRO launches PSLV with Singaporean satellites
The Indian Space Research Organisation used its PSLV rocket to deploy a pair of Singaporean satellites Saturday, in a commercial launch contracted by its subsidiary NewSpace India Limited. The PSLV-CA rocket lifted off at 08:49 UTC (2:19 p.m. local time) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Saturday’s launch carried the TeLEOS-2 radar-imaging satellite, to be…
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ISRO launches ocean research satellite aboard PSLV
India launched a new ocean monitoring satellite on Saturday morning, using its PSLV rocket to deliver the EOS-06 spacecraft into a low Earth orbit. The mission, PSLV C54, lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 11:56 local time (06:26 UTC). EOS-06, also known as Oceansat-3, is the latest in a series of satellites…
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India launches PSLV-C53 mission, demonstrating new on-orbit capabilities
India launched its 55th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) – in its Core Alone (CA) configuration – carrying nine payloads to a low Earth orbit (LEO). These included POEM, to demonstrate using the fourth stage as a hosted payload bus. PSLV-C53 launched from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on June…
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ISRO launches EOS-04 mission via PSLV-XL
India launched the PSLV-XL rocket for the nation’s first mission of 2022. Following last August’s EOS-03 GSLV launch failure, ISRO returned to flight with the workhorse rocket. For this flight, PSLV will carry the EOS-04 radar Earth observation satellite along with two secondary payloads. The PSLV-C52 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket embarked on ISRO’s 80th…
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PSLV delivers Indian communications satellite into orbit
India’s Polar Satellite Vehicle streaks through the sky on the way to orbit with the CMS 1 communications satellite. Credit: ISRO A government communications satellite to link Indian citizens with telemedicine, education, and other services rocketed into orbit Thursday on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The CMS 1 satellite, formerly known as GSAT 12R,…
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Live coverage: PSLV successfully launches from India
Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the CMS 1 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 0930 GMT (4:30 a.m. EST) and will be available on this page.
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India launches PSLV rocket with CMS-01 communications satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, has launched their second mission of 2020 using their workhorse rocket: the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, or PSLV. The mission carried the CMS-01 replacement communications satellite to orbit on Thursday, 17 December at 10:11 UTC, or 05:11 EST. The launch occurred locally at 15:41 IST (Indian Standard Time) from…