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.@isro all Set to Launch #Earth Observation Satellite on November 7 from #Sriharikota

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The 26-hour countdown for the Saturday rocket launch from the first launch pad will begin on Friday afternoon.

@isro

The rocket with 10 satellites is expected to lift off at 3.02 p.m. on November 7 from the #Sriharikota rocket port, a senior official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (@isro) said.

The nine foreign satellites are from: Lithuania (1-technology demonstrator), Luxembourg (4 maritime application satellites by Kleos Space) and the US (4-Lemur multi-mission remote sensing satellites).

The rocket's primary payload is India's radar imaging satellite EOS-01, formerly RISAT-2BR2 with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that can shoot pictures in all weather conditions.

The satellite can take pictures day and night and will be useful for surveillance, as well as civilian activities.

If all goes well with the Saturday evening rocketing of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (#PSLVC49) then the Indian space agency would have slung a total of 328 foreign satellites.

It all started in 1999, when India for the first time launched foreign satellites—South Korea's Kitsat-3 weighing 107 kg and Germany's 45 kg DLR-Tubsat—as piggyback luggage on the country's own 1,050 kg Oceansat with the #PSLVC2 rocket.

Since then, over the next two decades, India has launched 319 foreign satellites, including one Chinese satellite—some on a standalone basis and mostly as a piggyback on India's own satellite.

#DidYouKnow | The ISRO also created a world record of launching largest number of satellites—104 satellites out of which 101 were foreign in a single PSLV rocket on 15.2.2017. According to the Indian government, ISRO has earned Rs 1,245.17 crore during the last five years...

...launching satellites for 26 countries.

However, this time around, ISRO is silent even on the innocuous weight of the country's radar imaging satellite and that of the foreign payloads.

@isro #PSLVC49 lifts off successfully from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota

#ISRO #EOS01

(Courtesy: @isro)

@isro "#EOS01 and all the 9 customer satellites inserted successfully into their orbits": @isro

#PSLVC49 #ISRO

(Credits: @isro)

@isro .@isro's PSLV Rocket Successfully Lifts-Off from India's Spaceport with Earth Observation Satellite

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(Credits: ISRO/IANS)

#PSLVC49 #ISRO #EOS01

#ISRO | #ISRO confirmd that all nine customer satellites successfully separated and injected into their intended orbit.

(Credits: @isro)

#PSLVC49

#ISRO | The primary objective of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in its 51st mission (#PSLVC49) was to launch EOS-01, an earth observation satellite intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management support.

(Credits: @isro)

#PSLVC49 | The customer satellites are being launched under agreement with Department of Space's commercial wing NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).

(Credits: @isro)

#ISRO