The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Thursday evening launched a PSLV-C53 carrying three satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The three satellites, which are all from Singapore, have been successfully placed in the desired orbits. ISRO had earlier said that this would be the second commercial mission of its arm New Space India Limited (NSIL) and the 55th mission with India’s space workhorse, PSLV.
The two satellites, DS-EO, and NeuSAR of Singapore are built by the Starc Initiative of the Republic of Korea. The third satellite is the 2.8 kg Scoob-1 from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
The DS-EO has an electro-optic, multi-spectral payload with 0.5 m resolution imaging capability, while Ne is Singapore’s first small commercial satellite to carry SAR payloads. The satellite can provide images 24 hours a day and in all weather conditions.
The Scoob-1 satellite is the first satellite in the Student Series (S3-I) – a student training program at NTU’s Satellite Research Center (SARC).
