ISRO’s PSLV-C53 Successfully Launched

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched PSLV-C53 which placed three Singapore satellites.

The mission proposes to demonstrate the utilisation of the spent upper stage of the launch vehicle as a stabilised platform for scientific payloads subsequent to the separation of the satellites.

PSLV-C53 is the second dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of ISRO.
Designed to put in orbit the DS-EO satellite, along with two other co-passenger satellites (NeuSAR and Scoob-1) from Singapore.
This is the 55th mission of PSLV and the 15th mission using the PSLV-Core Alone variant.
It is the 16th PSLV launch from the second launch pad.

NeuSAR (155 kg) is the first Singaporean small commercial satellite with a Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) payload, which is capable of imaging in day and night and under all weather conditions.

SCOOB-I satellite is the first satellite in the Student Satellite Series (S3-I) student training program by Satellite Research Centre (SaRC) at Singapore

PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) is an indigenously-developed expendable launch system of the ISRO.
It is a third-generation launch vehicle. It is termed as the ‘Workhorse of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
It comes in the category of medium-lift launchers with a reach up to various orbits, including the Geo Synchronous Transfer Orbit, Lower Earth Orbit, and Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit..

It is the first launch vehicle of India that has liquid stages. There is a total of 4 stages in this launch vehicle.
- First Stage – PS 1 – PSLV uses the S139 solid rocket motor that is augmented by 6 solid strap-on boosters.
- Second Stage – PS 2 – PSLV uses an Earth storable liquid rocket engine for its second stage, known as the Vikas engine, developed by Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre.
- Third Stage – It is a solid rocket motor that provides the upper stages high thrust after the atmospheric phase of the launch.
- Fourth Stage – The PS4 is the uppermost stage of PSLV, comprising two Earth storable liquid engines.
Three variants of PSLV
- PSLV-G: It has strap-on motors
- PSLV – CA: It does not have strap-on motors
- PSLV – XL: It has strap-on motors

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Content Source: Times of India