ISRO’s PSLVC49 Succesffuly Launched from Sriharikota carrying EOS-01 and Nine international customer satellites – All placed successfully in orbit

• India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in its 51^st mission (PSLV-C49), launched EOS-01 as primary satellite along with nine international customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
• The countdown for the launch of PSLV-C49/EOS-01 mission commenced today at 1302 Hrs (IST) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch was scheduled at 1502 Hrs IST on November 07, 2020.

ISRO’s PSLVC49 lifts off successfully from from Sriharikota carrying E0S01 and nine international customer satellites. pic.twitter.com/oN3NVtuNoA

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• The rocket lifted off at 3.12pm, instead of at the scheduled time of 3.02pm. The launch was postponed by 10 minutes due to lightning that could damage electronics onboard the rocket.
• More than 15 minutes after liftoff, the launch vehicle successfully injected its primary payload, EOS-01, into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). It was followed by nine customer satellites.
• EOS-01 (previously called RISAT-2BR2) is an earth observation satellite intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management support. It carried an X-band synthetic-aperture radar.

• The foreign satellites include an 2 satellite from Lithuania, which was a technology demonstration, four Kleos (KSM-1A/1B/1C/1D) satellites from Luxembourg for maritime applications and four Lemur (Lemur-1/2/3/4) satellites from the US meant for multi-mission remote sensing application.
• Today’s launch is the first launch of ISRO after the Covid-19 pandemic delayed its schedules. It was the 76^th launch vehicle mission from the Sriharkota Spaceport, 38^th launch from the first launch pad and second flight of PSLV with DL variant carrying two strap-on boosters.
• The customer satellites are being launched under commercial agreement with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), Department of Space.

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#ISRO #PSLVC49 #EOS01

Mission Accomplished!!

Proud Moment for India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/yXE4OHP1Qj

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