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28/07/22 06:17 AM IST

PSLV-C53

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  • PSLV-C53 launch on 30th June, 2022 was the dedicated international customer mission wherein 3 Singaporean satellites were launched.
PSLV-C53 Mission 
  • It is the second dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). 
  • It is designed to orbit DS-EO satellite along with two other co-passenger satellites from Singapore. 
  • This is the 55th mission of PSLV and 15th mission using the PSLV-Core Alone variant. 
  • The mission proposes to demonstrate the utilisation of the spent upper stage of the launch vehicle as a stabilised platform for scientific payloads subsequent to the separation of the satellites.
  • It  carries three satellites to deploy them in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
  • DS-EO, a 365 kg and NeuSAR, a 155 kg satellite both belong to Singapore. 
  • Third satellite is a 2.8 kg Scoob-1 of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
Features 
  • A four stage, 44.4 m tall PSLV-C53 has a lift-off mass of 228.433 t.
  • It would inject a DS-EO satellite into an orbit with semi-major axis of 6948.137 + 20 km, at an altitude of 570 km measured from the equator, with a low inclination of 10 deg. + 0.20.
Source- PIB 

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