PSLV-C53 Mission

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched three satellites for Singapore from its Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. 

The PSLV-C53 mission lifted off at 06:02 pm to deploy the three satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

• It  carries three satellites to deploy them in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
• Satellites
  • 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. 

About 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.
• 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.