India’s PSLV rocket to launch three foreign satellites on June 30

Chennai, June 22 : India will put into orbit three foreign satellites for a fee on June 30 with its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.

The mission is code named PSLV-C53/DS-EO.

The Indian space agency, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will use the rockets fourth and final stage as an orbital platform for six payloads, including two from Indian space start-ups, Digantara and Dhruva Aerospace.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.

According to the ISRO, the PSLV-C53 rocket is expected to blast off from the second launch pad at the Sriharikota rocket port at 6 p.m.on June 30.The countdown for the launch will begin at 5 p.m.on June 29.This will be the second dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Ltd.The Indian rocket will carry three satellites - the 365 kg DS-EO and 155 kg NeuSAR, satellites belonging to Singapore and built by Starec Initiative of South Korea.The third satellite is a 2.8 kg Scoob-1 of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.The four stage, 44.4 m tall PSLV-C53 has a lift-off mass of about 228 ton.vj/vd #Indias #PSLV #rocket #eign #satellites #June #Chennai #Tamil #Kollywood Tara # Tara #Carry #Kota #Kota #Chennai #Singapore #ISRO.