ISRO’s PSLV-C54 Rocket Successfully Places Earth Observation Satellite Oceansat In Orbit

Sriharikota:

ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV today successfully injected Earth observation satellite ‘Oceansat’ into a sun-synchronous orbit, Indian Space Research Organisation said.

The 44.4 metre tall rocket lifted off at a prefixed time at 11:56 am from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at this spaceport at the end of a 25.30-hour countdown.

After reaching the intended orbit 17 minutes after PSLV-C54 lifted off, the Earth Observation Satellite or the Oceansat successfully separated from the rocket and was placed into orbit, ISRO chairman S Somanath said.

Scientists would perform lowering of the rocket to place the other co-passenger satellites into a different orbit which is expected to take place in a two-hour duration.

The Earth Observation Satellite-6 is the third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series. This is to provide continuity services of Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload specifications as well as application areas.
 

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