ISRO To Launch Singaporean Earth Observation Satellite TeLEOS-02 On Saturday
The satellite on board will be TeLEOS 2¡ªa 750kg earth observation satellite that has synthetic aperture radar capable of providing data in 1-metre resolution.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for another commercial launch Saturday when it will carry the Singaporean Earth Observation satellite TeLEOS-02 on board the workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The launch will take place on April 22 at 2.19 pm from the first launch pad at the country¡¯s only spaceport Sriharikota.
The satellite on board will be TeLEOS 2¡ªa 750kg earth observation satellite that has synthetic aperture radar capable of providing data in 1-metre resolution. The satellites had arrived in India in February.
Indian Express
ISRO's Successful Launches
This will be the third launch of the year for ISRO¡ªall three using different launch vehicles. The first launch took place in February when the new Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) successfully deployed three satellites and was declared operational by the space agency. The second launch took place in March when India¡¯s heaviest LVM3 launched 36 OneWeb satellites in a purely commercial mission.
With another commercial mission underway, the space agency is reinforcing the government¡¯s plan to increase India¡¯s share in the commercial market, increasing it from the current 2 per cent.
ISRO PSLV Launch
After the SSLV launch, Isro chairman S Somanath had said the launch campaign for the next mission of the NewSpace India Limited, the space agency¡¯s commercial arm, that will take place ¡°probably by the end of March¡± was underway with the rocket being placed at the launch pedestal. He had said that a new facility was going to be used for Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C55 mission.
PSLV C-55 was assembled in a new Integration facility that has been developed at the spaceport.
This will be the 57th launch of PSLV which has proven to be one of Isro¡¯s most reliable vehicles, having launched hundreds of satellites and only three failures or partial failures since 1993. The launch vehicle has also carried onboard India¡¯s big-ticket missions like Chandrayaan-1, Mangalyaan, and AstroSat.
