The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday announced that the launch of the PSLV-C56 carrying Singapore’s DS-SAR satellite will take place on July 30. The PSLV-C56 carrying DS-SAR satellite along with six co-passengers will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 6:30 a.m. on July 30.
PSLV-C56 is configured in its core-alone mode, similar to that of C55. It would launched DS-SAR, a 360 kg satellite into a Near-equatorial Orbit (NEO) at 5 degrees inclination and 535 km altitude.
The DS-SAR satellite is developed under a partnership between DSTA (representing the Government of Singapore) and ST Engineering.
According to ISRO, once deployed and operational, it will be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Government of Singapore. ST Engineering will use it for multi-modal and higher responsiveness imagery and geospatial services for their commercial customers.
DS-SAR carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). This allows the DS-SAR to provide for all-weather day and night coverage and is capable of imaging at 1m-resolution at full polarimetry.
The co-passengers are:
- VELOX-AM, a 23 kg technology demonstration microsatellite
- ARCADE Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Explorer (ARCADE), an experimental satellite
- SCOOB-II , a 3U nanosatellite flying a technology demonstrator payload
- NuLIoN by NuSpace, an advanced 3U nanosatellite enabling seamless IoT connectivity in both urban & remote locations.
- Galassia-2, a 3U nanosatellite that will be orbiting at low earth orbit
- ORB-12 STRIDER , satellite is developed under an International collaboration
Earlier on July 14, ISRO had successfully launched the Chandrayaan-3, India’s third moon mission, on board the LVM3 launch vehicle.
