ISRO’s PSLV-C51 launched Amazonia-1 + 18 small satellites
ISRO PSLV-C51 mission launched. Image provided by ISRO
PSLV-C51 is the first dedicated launch of NSIL, successfully launching Amazonia-1 and 18 passenger satellites from Sriharikota, India. The main task of is to launch Amazonia-1, and the small satellite is an incidental task.
India’s polar satellite carrier rocket PSLV-C51 successfully launched Amazonia-1 and 18 sub-passenger satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Center SHAR on February 28, 2021.
PSLV-C51 took off from the first launch pad of SDSC SHAR at 10:24 hours (IST) as planned. After flying for about 17 minutes and 23 seconds, the aircraft launched Amazonia-1 into its intended orbit, and within the following 1 hour and 38 minutes, all 18 passenger satellites were successfully separated from the PSLV in a predetermined order.
Amazonia-1 is an optical earth observation (EO) satellite of National Institute of Space Research ( INPE ). The satellite will further strengthen the existing structure by providing users with remote sensing data to monitor deforestation in the Amazon region and analyze a variety of agriculture in Brazil.
PSLV-C51/Amazon-1 is the first dedicated commercial mission News India Limited (NsiI position),Subordinate to the National Aviation Department of India. The 18 passenger satellites on
PSLV-C51 include IN-SPACe's 4 satellites and NSIL's 14 satellites. Out of the four satellites in the inner space, the three UNITYsats designed and built, through the joint development of technology, Japier Institute , Scribe Rubd (JITsat) , engineering, GHRaisoni Institute, GHRCEsat and Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering Technology , Coimbatore (Sri Shakthi Sat) , one of them is Satish Dhawan Sat (SDSAT) from Strong11strong Space Kidz, India . The 14 satellites carried by NSIL are commercial satellites of India (1) and the United States (13).
PSLV-C51 is the 53rd flight of PSLV, and the third flight of PSLV is in DL mode (with two strap-on motors). This is the 78th launch vehicle mission of Sriharikota's SDSC SHAR.
With this launch, the total number of foreign client satellites that PSLV has entered orbit reaches 342. These satellites come from 34 countries.
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