TIL Desk/National/Sriharikota/ In its second successful mission within a week, Indian Space Research Organisation launched three foreign satellites in precise orbit from the spaceport Sriharikota on Thursday. PSLV-C53 is the second dedicated commercial mission of New Space India Limited, the commercial arm of ISRO.
It had on June 23 launched GSAT-24 in its first “demand-driven” communication satellite mission post space sector reforms, leasing the entire capacity on board to Direct-to-Home service provider Tata Play. On Thursday, the four-stage, 44.4 metre tall PSLV-C53 that blasted off from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre and placed the three Singapore satellites–DS-EO, NeuSAR and SCOOB-1 in intended orbit.
ISRO Chairman S Somanath confirmed that the mission achieved its intended objective, saying the rocket placed the three customer satellites “in the precise orbit of 570 km with a 10 degree inclination” and congratulated NSIL for accomplishing “yet another major mission this month itself,” the earlier one being the GSAT launch last week.
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