{"id":10675,"date":"2022-02-14T23:02:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/india-orbits-three-satellites-in-first-space-launch-since-failure\/"},"modified":"2022-02-14T23:02:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:02:51","slug":"india-orbits-three-satellites-in-first-space-launch-since-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/india-orbits-three-satellites-in-first-space-launch-since-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"India orbits three satellites in first space launch since failure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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India\u2019s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off with the EOS 4 radar satellite. Credit: ISRO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An Indian radar satellite and two rideshare payloads rode a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle into orbit Sunday, returning India\u2019s space program to flight after the failure of a different type of rocket last August.<\/p>\n

The mission lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center, located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Chennai on India\u2019s east coast, at 7:29 p.m. EST Sunday (0029 GMT Monday). Launch occurred at 5:59 a.m. local time in India.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s PSLV flew in its most powerful configuration, called the PSLV XL, with six strap-on solid rocket boosters. The boosters and core stage motor, also burning pre-packed solid propellants, sent the rocket downrange over the Bay of Bengal.<\/p>\n

Four of the boosters fired to assist the core stage in the first segment of the mission. Two more air-lit boosters ignited 25 seconds later to give the rocket 2 million pounds of thrust at maximum power.<\/p>\n

The six boosters burned out and jettisoned in the first minute-and-a-half of the mission, then the core stage consumed its propellant and separated at T+plus 1 minute, 49 seconds. A fraction off a second later, the rocket\u2019s Vikas liquid-fueled second stage engine powered up to continue the climb into space.<\/p>\n

The rocket shed its nose cone, then burns by the PSLV\u2019s solid-fueled third stage and liquid-fueled third stage guided the mission\u2019s three satellite payloads into orbit, steering the rocket southeast, then south to avoid flying over Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

The PSLV deployed the EOS 4 spacecraft nearly 18 minutes after liftoff. About a minute later, the rocket released its two rideshare payloads. On-board cameras showed the satellites flying free of the rocket, and officials from the Indian Space Research Organization confirmed the PSLV reached an on-target orbit.<\/p>\n