PSLV-C48 was a mission of the Indian

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite ...

(PSLV) rocket, launched on Thursday, December 11, 2019, at 15:25 Hrs (IST) by the

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(ISRO) from the

second launch pad Satish Dhawan Space Centre – SDSC (formerly Sriharikota Range – SHAR) is the primary spaceport of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), located in Sriharikota, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh. The spaceport is located on an isla ...

of the

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Satish Dhawan Space Centre – SDSC (formerly Sriharikota Range – SHAR) is the primary spaceport of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), located in Sriharikota, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh. The spaceport is located on an isl ...

Sriharikota Sriharikota () is a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in the Shar Project settlement of Tirupati district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It houses the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, one of the two satellite launch centres in India (the ...

, Andhra Pradesh. The mission's main satellite was

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along with other commercial satellites from various countries. RISAT-2BR1 was injected into an orbit of 576 km at an inclination of 37-degree to the

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, 16 minutes and 23 seconds after lift-off.

Launch

PSLV-C48 was the 50th launch of the

and the 75th launch vehicle mission from

, Sriharikota. This is the 2nd flight of PSLV in 'QL' configuration (with 4 solid strap-on motors). The first stage ignited for about 1 minute and 51 seconds, and got separated. This was followed by the second stage ignition and heat shield separation. The second stage separated at 4 minutes and 23 seconds. PS3 ignited and separated at 9-minute and 59 seconds. After ten seconds, last stage ignited and separated at 15 minutes and 24 seconds.

separated at 16 minutes and 26 seconds, at an altitude of 578 km. Customer satellites separated between 17 minutes 26 seconds to 21 minutes 19 seconds.

Payloads

is a radar imaging earth observation satellite weighing about 628 kg. It's a

synthetic-aperture radar Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) is a form of radar that is used to create two-dimensional images or three-dimensional reconstructions of objects, such as landscapes. SAR uses the motion of the radar antenna over a target region to provide fine ...

(SAR)

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that's the fourth one in the

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series. Under commercial arrangement with

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(NSIL), 9 commercial satellites was also launched into their desired orbits. Tyvak-0092 (5 kg) is a search and rescue satellite from Italy. Tyvak-0129 (11 kg) is a

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from US. Lemur is a Multi mission remote sensing platform from US. Four

Lemur-2 Spire Global, Inc. is a space-to-cloud data and analytics company that specializes in the tracking of global data sets powered by a large constellation of nanosatellites, such as the tracking of maritime, aviation and weather patterns. The comp ...

cubesats by

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was launched. Duchifat-3 is a

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satellite from ISRAEL, by Sha'ar Hanegev High School students built at Herzliya Science Center. 1HOPSAT (22 kg) high resolution video and imaging satellite by Hera systems for Seguritech of Mexico. QPS SAR-1 "Izanagi"「イザナギ」(~100 kg)

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is a Japanese SAR imaging satellite with 3.6 m antenna by

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References

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