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ISRO’s PSLV-C51 Launches Amazonia-1 + 18 Co-Passenger Smallsats

February 28, 2021

The ISRO PSLV-C51 mission launch. Image is courtesy of ISRO.

PSLV-C51, the first dedicated launch for NSIL, successfully launched Amazonia-1 and 18 co-passenger satellites from Sriharikota, India.

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 successfully launched Amazonia-1 along with 18 co-passenger satellite son February 28, 2021, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR.

Photo of the Satash Dhawan Space Center, First Launch Pad, with PSLV-C51 awaiting launch. Photo is courtesy of ISRO.

PSLV-C51 lifted off from the First Launch Pad of SDSC SHAR at 10:24 hours (IST) as planned. After a flight of about 17 minutes 23 seconds, the vehicle injected the Amazonia-1 into its intended orbit and in the succeeding 1 hour 38 minutes, all of the 18 co-passenger satellites successfully separated from the PSLV in a predetermined sequence.

Amazonia-1 is the optical Earth Observation (EO) satellite of National Institute for Space Research (INPE). This satellite would further strengthen the existing structure by providing remote sensing data to users for monitoring deforestation in the Amazon region and analysis of diversified agriculture across the Brazilian territory.

PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 is the first dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Government of India company under Department of Space.

The 18 co-passenger satellites onboard PSLV-C51 included four from IN-SPACe and 14 from NSIL. Out of the four satellites from IN-SPACe, three were UNITYsats designed and built as a joint development by Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumbudur (JITsat), G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur (GHRCEsat) and Sri Shakti Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore (Sri Shakthi Sat) and one was Satish Dhawan Sat (SDSAT) from Space Kidz India. The 14 satellites from NSIL carried were the commercial satellites from India (1) and USA (13).

PSLV-C51 is the 53rd flight of PSLV and 3rd flight of PSLV in ‘DL‘ configuration (with two, strap-on motors). This was the 78th launch vehicle mission from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.

With this launch, the total number of customer satellites from foreign countries placed in orbit by PSLV is 342 from 34 countries.

Filed Under: Agencies, Government, Launch, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

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