In year’s 6th hit, Isro puts 7 Singapore satellites into orbit | India News – Times of India

CHENNAI: Isro’s workhorse PSLV-C56 placed seven Singapore satellites into orbit in a picture-perfect launch early Sunday, marking its sixth successful blast-off this year and adding to the afterglow of a hitch-free start to the Chandrayaan-3 mission just over two weeks ago. With this, Isro has so far launched 431 satellites belonging to 34 countries.

“In the midst of Chandrayaan 3 mission, Isro scales another landmark with the successful launch of PSLV-C56/DS-SAR,” minister of state for science and technology Jitendra Singh tweeted.

The launch vehicle flew the seven payloads, including the radar imaging earth observation satellite DS-SAR, to a 535km circular orbit before the rocket’s upper stage was moved to a lower orbit to reduce its orbital life and mitigate space debris.
Around 21 minutes after PSLV lifted off, the rocket placed its primary payload – the 352kg DS-SAR.
Over the next three minutes, the other six satellites, weighing a total of 70.5kg, were injected into the orbit.