New Delhi, 30/6: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday successfully launched three foreign satellites in precise orbit from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, 100 km from here.
The PSLV-C53/DS-EO is the second dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of ISRO. The space agency’s workhorse, PSLV, launched DS-EO satellite along with two other co-passenger satellites from Singapore at 6.02 pm – this is PSLV’s 55thmission and 15th mission using PSLV-Core Alone variant.
PSLV-C53 carried three satellites. DS-EO, a 365 kg and NeuSAR, a 155 kg satellite both belong to Singapore. The third satellite is a 2.8 kg Scoob-1 of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
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