NEW DELHI: Isro‘s PSLV-C55 rocket on Saturday successfully placed two Singapore satellites – TeLEOS-2 and Lumelite-4 – from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota into a low-earth orbit.
The PSLV C55 rocket carrying the two Singapore satellites lifted off from a spaceport in Sriharikota around 2.20pm on Saturday. The workhorse launch vehicle carried with it TeLEOS-2 as primary satellite and Lumelite-4 as a co-passenger satellite that was deployed into the intended orbit.
The 44.4-metre rocket lifted off from the first launch pad at the end of a 22.5 hour countdown at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, located about 135 km from Chennai.
The mission is not only important for foreign customers, but also significant for desi space startups as the NSIL’s dedicated commercial rocket carried the two Singapore satellites as main payloads and seven non-separating payloads belonging to Isro, Indian Institute of Astrophysics and startups Bellatrix and Dhruva Space.
Saturday’s mission was the 57th flight of PSLV and 16th mission using the PSLV core-alone configuration.
TeLEOS-2 is a synthetic aperture radar satellite developed under partnership between Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), representing the Government of Singapore and ST Engineering.
Now that the deployment of the satellite into the about 586 km orbit is successful, it would be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Government of Singapore. TeLEOS-2 carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload. It would be used to provide all-weather day and night coverage and is capable of imaging at 1 metre full polarimetric resolution for Singapore.
Lumelite-4 satellite is co-developed by the Institute for Infocomm Research and Satellite Technology and Research Centre of the National University of Singapore.
It is an advanced 12U satellite developed for the technological demonstration of the High-Performance Space-borne VHF data Exchange System (VDES). The objective of the satellite is to augment Singapore’s e-navigation maritime safety and benefit the global shipping community, Isro said.
(With inputs from agencies)
The PSLV C55 rocket carrying the two Singapore satellites lifted off from a spaceport in Sriharikota around 2.20pm on Saturday. The workhorse launch vehicle carried with it TeLEOS-2 as primary satellite and Lumelite-4 as a co-passenger satellite that was deployed into the intended orbit.
The 44.4-metre rocket lifted off from the first launch pad at the end of a 22.5 hour countdown at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, located about 135 km from Chennai.
The mission is not only important for foreign customers, but also significant for desi space startups as the NSIL’s dedicated commercial rocket carried the two Singapore satellites as main payloads and seven non-separating payloads belonging to Isro, Indian Institute of Astrophysics and startups Bellatrix and Dhruva Space.
Saturday’s mission was the 57th flight of PSLV and 16th mission using the PSLV core-alone configuration.
TeLEOS-2 is a synthetic aperture radar satellite developed under partnership between Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), representing the Government of Singapore and ST Engineering.
Now that the deployment of the satellite into the about 586 km orbit is successful, it would be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Government of Singapore. TeLEOS-2 carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload. It would be used to provide all-weather day and night coverage and is capable of imaging at 1 metre full polarimetric resolution for Singapore.
Lumelite-4 satellite is co-developed by the Institute for Infocomm Research and Satellite Technology and Research Centre of the National University of Singapore.
It is an advanced 12U satellite developed for the technological demonstration of the High-Performance Space-borne VHF data Exchange System (VDES). The objective of the satellite is to augment Singapore’s e-navigation maritime safety and benefit the global shipping community, Isro said.
(With inputs from agencies)