PSLV places Oceansat and eight satellites in orbit

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By Muhammed Fazil (With inputs from PTI)

November 26, 2022

On 26 November, ISRO’s PSLV rocket successfully injected the earth observation satellite (Oceansat) and eight other customer satellites into orbit.

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It was one of the longest missions for the polar satellite launching vehicle.

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The primary payload, Earth Observation Satellite-6 is the third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series.

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A satellite developed by Bengaluru start-up Pixxel demonstrates the capabilities of a miniaturised earth-observation camera in low-Earth orbit.

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Two satellites were by the Hyderabad space start-up Dhruva Space, and one was from US-based Spaceflight.

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The remaining customer payloads included ISRO Nano Satellite-2 for Bhutan has two payloads namely NanoMx and APRS-Digipeater.

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The APRS-Digipeater, jointly developed by Bhutan and India, is a “milestone in the history of collaboration of Indian and Bhutan scientists,” said ISRO chief S Somanath.

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This was PSLV’s 56th flight. The mission is the fifth and last mission for ISRO in 2022.

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