ISRO Launches PSLV-C49 With EOS-01, Nine Other Satellites

The customer satellites are from Lithuania (1), Luxembourg (4), and the US (4).

By Press Trust of India | Updated: 7 November 2020 15:51 IST

ISRO Launches PSLV-C49 With EOS-01, Nine Other Satellites

Photo Credit: ISRO

Due to COVID-19, the launch viewing gallery remained closed during the launch

Highlights

The lift off was scheduled for 3:02pm but was delayed by 10 minutes
This is the first mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation
ISRO has put up a live feed of the launch on Twitter

India's PSLV-C49 carrying its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine customer satellites lifted off from the spaceport here on Saturday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C49/EOS-01) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 3:12pm at the end of a 26-hour countdown.

The lift off was originally scheduled for 3:02pm but was delayed by 10 minutes due to debris on the path of the vehicle, ISRO said. This is the first mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) this year.

ISRO has put up a live feed of the launch on Twitter. The space organisation also tweeted that all nine customer satellites separated successfully and has been injected into their planned orbit.

Watch Live: Launch of EOS-01 and 9 customer satellites by PSLV-49 https://t.co/H4jE2fUhNQ
— ISRO (@isro) November 7, 2020

EOS-01 is intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management support, ISRO said. The customer satellites are from Lithuania (1), Luxembourg (4) and the US (4). ISRO said that the customer satellites are being launched under a commercial agreement with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), Department of Space.

Due to COVID-19, the launch viewing gallery remained closed during the launch.

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