PSLV lifts off with 600-kg Brazilian satellite tv for pc, 18 others

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s workhorse rocket system, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), delivered its 53rd profitable mission on Sunday by launching Amazonia-1, a 637-kg business distant sensing satellite tv for pc for the Brazilian area analysis company INPE, and 18 co-passenger satellites.
ISRO chairman Okay Sivan described the launch of the Amazonia-1 satellite tv for pc on the PSLV-C51 and its insertion right into a solar synchronous orbit as being “precise” on the finish of a 17.23-minute launch sequence on the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday morning.
Former Brazilian astronaut and Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Marcos Cesar Pontes, who was current on the launch with scientists from INPE, mentioned the profitable launch marks a “new era for Brazilian industry for satellite development in Brazil”.
The Amazonia-1 distant sensing satellite tv for pc is the primary satellite tv for pc designed, developed and launched by the Brazilian area analysis company and is meant to observe deforestation and agricultural actions within the Amazon area in Brazil.
The satellite tv for pc has been beneath growth in Brazil for almost 20 years.
“We have been working on this satellite for many years and this is the culmination of all the efforts. The satellite has a very important mission for Brazil — first of all, to monitor the country, the Amazon and bio reserves in the country,” the minister Cesar Pontes mentioned after the launch.
“India and ISRO feel extremely proud and honoured to launch the first satellite designed, integrated and operated by Brazil,” the ISRO chairman Okay Sivan mentioned.
The launch on Sunday was additionally the primary full-fledged business satellite tv for pc launch for New Space India Limited (NSIL), a business arm of ISRO created in 2019 to commercialise ISRO analysis and capabilities. The NSIL has up to now had three launches involving auxiliary small satellites and the launch on Sunday is the primary involving a main business payload.
The PSLV-C51 rocket with Amazonia-1 as the primary payload additionally carried 18 small satellites as co-passengers with 5 being Indian satellites and 13 from the US. Four of the co-passenger satellites have been signed for launch by IN-SPACe, ISRO’s small satellites facilitation company, and 14 have been signed up by NSIL for business launch.
Among the 5 Indian small satellites launched on the PSLV-C51, three are UNITYsats constructed by college students from the Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumbudur, G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, and Sri Shakti Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, and a fourth one referred to as the Satish Dhawan Sat (SDSAT) was constructed by the agency Space Kidz India.
The UNITYsats will present radio relay companies whereas the SDSAT, a nano satellite tv for pc, will examine radiation, area climate and exhibit long-range communication tech, ISRO mentioned.
“These satellites are a result of the new space reforms announced by the government, and ISRO promoted and handheld the teams. I am sure this mission will enthuse other academic institutions and industries to build satellites,” the ISRO chairman mentioned.
The fifth Indian satellite tv for pc on the launch was the Sindhu Netra, a business payload to exhibit know-how.

The business small satellites from the US on board the PSLV-C51 have been SAI-1 Nano Connect 2, a know-how demonstrator, and 12 SpaceBEEs for two-way satellite tv for pc communication and knowledge relay.

The PSLV-C51 launch was the 53rd flight of the PSLV and the third in a brand new energy configuration.