PSLV-C54 carrying Oceansat-3, 8 Nanosatellites efficiently launched, Odisha CM congratulates ISRO

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the present day congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the efficiently launching the PSLV-C54/EOS-06 mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

“Congratulate @isro on the successful launch of PSLV-C54/EOS-06 mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in #Sriharikota. The mission will further help in ensuring the data continuity of Ocean colour and wind vector data to sustain the operational applications,” Patnaik posted a message on his Twitter deal with whereas congratulating ISRO.

Earlier in the present day, whereas saying the mission’s success, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman and Secretary, Department of Space, S. Somanath, mentioned that each one the satellites have been launched. He additionally mentioned the photo voltaic panels of EOS 06 satellite tv for pc had been deployed and the satellite tv for pc was in exact orbit as supposed and congratulated the ISRO staff.

The XL variant of PSLV rocket carrying the 1,117 kg EOS-6 as its major passenger and eight others – blasted off from the primary launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) right here at 11.56 a.m.

The piggybacks embody satellites from two Indian startups – Syzygy Space Technologies Pvt Ltd, generally often called Pixxel (Anand-16.51 kg), and Dhruvaspace’s two Thybolt satellites – 1.45 kg, Spaceflight USA’s Astrosat (4 numbers 17.92 kg) and ISRO’s INS-2B (18.28 kg).

About 17 minutes into the flight the rocket ejected EOS-6. Then the orbit was modified through the use of two Orbit Change Thrusters launched within the rocket’s propulsion bay ring. The piggyback passengers had been ejected in Orbit-2.

The complete mission took about two hours.

With this, the PSLV rocket has put into orbit 349 international satellites until date.

When one takes under consideration the 36 satellites of UK-based OneWeb that had been orbited by one other rocket LVM3 this yr, then the entire variety of international satellites put into orbit by ISRO would go as much as 385.

At the top of the ultimate countdown, the 4 stage expendable, 44.4 m tall XL variant of PSLV rocket weighing 321 ton slowly rose in direction of the skies with thick orange flame at its tail.

The rocket gained velocity because it went up whereas emitting a rolling thunder sound.

The PSLV rocket is powered by stable (first and third levels) and liquid (second and fourth levels) fuels alternatively.

The rocket that flew on Saturday was the 56th mission of PSLV and twenty fourth mission utilizing the PSLV-XL variant having six strap-on booster motors with six ton gasoline.

The ISRO mentioned the Indo French collaborative EOS-06/Oceansat will present continuity companies of Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload capabilities and utility areas.

The EOS-06 payloads embody Ocean Color Monitor (OCM-3), Sea Surface Temperature Monitor (SSTM), Ku-Band Scatterometer (SCAT-3) and ARGOS – a French payload.

According to France, ARGOS will reinforce the present fleet of Indo-French satellites engaged on climate surveillance which can be already in orbit (MEGHA-TROPIQUES and SARAL-ALTIKA), thus enhancing contributions associated to the targets of the Paris Agreement.

The Indian area company mentioned the satellite tv for pc will guarantee information continuity of ocean color and wind vector information to maintain the operational purposes. It will even enhance the purposes, some further datasets similar to Sea Surface Temperature and extra bands in Optical area for fluorescence and in Infrared area for atmospheric corrections are accommodated.

The satellite tv for pc will even develop/enhance associated algorithms and information merchandise to serve in effectively established utility areas and to boost the mission utility.

The INS-2B is ISRO’s second nano satellite tv for pc for Bhutan with two payloads viz., NanoMx and APRS-Digipeater. The NanoMx is a multispectral optical imaging payload developed by its Space Applications Centre (SAC). The APRS-Digipeater payload is collectively developed by DITTBhutan and ISRO’s UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), ISRO mentioned.

The Bhutanese Information and Communication Minister Lyonpo Karma Donnen Wangdi who had witnessed the mission from right here mentioned, the commendable observe document of ISRO in satellite tv for pc launching left little question concerning the mission’s success.

He mentioned the mission is one other key milestone of the shut relationship between India and Bhutan.

Wangdi mentioned the satellite tv for pc was constructed in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Indian Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishakar mentioned, ISRO is engaged on establishing a floor station in Bhutan.

The Pixxel’s Anand nanosatellite is a expertise demonstrator to exhibit the capabilities and industrial purposes of miniaturized earth-observation digital camera for earth commentary utilizing a microsatellite in Low Earth Orbit. This is a three-axis stabilised satellite tv for pc consisting of a satbus, accommodating all subsystems like telemetry, tele-command, electrical energy system, Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS), on-board computer systems and others and a payload unit, ISRO mentioned.

The Dhuruvaspace’s Thybolt satellites have a communication payload to allow speedy expertise demonstration and constellation growth for a number of customers. It additionally demonstrates Store-and-Forward performance for authorised customers within the novice frequency band.

Astrocast, a 3U spacecraft, is a expertise demonstrator satellite tv for pc for the Internet of Things (IoT) because the payload.

(With inputs from IANS)