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- Recently, ISRO’s PSLV-C54 successfully placed nine satellites which includes an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-06) in multiple orbits.
- This is the 56th flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and the 24th flight of the PSLV-XL version.
About the launch
- The eight nano satellites includes:
- ISRO Nano Satellite-2 for Bhutan (INS-2B)
- Anand
- Astrocast (four satellites)
- Two Thybolt satellites.
- EOS-6 is the Oceansat series’ third-generation satellite.
- EOS-06 is envisaged to observe ocean colour data, sea surface temperature and wind vector data to use in oceanography, climatic and meteorological applications.
Upcoming missions
- Aditya-L1: A coronagraphy spacecraft to study the solar atmosphere with a PSLV rocket.
- NavIC: ISRO will also launch a navigation satellite for the country’s NavIC constellation.
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Types of orbits Geostationary orbit (GEO):
Low Earth orbit (LEO):
Polar orbit and Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO):
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Source: TH
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