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Launch rehearsal completed, ISRO ready for PSLV-C51 mission on Feb 28
Chennai, Feb 25 (UNI) In its first mission this year and the first
dedicated commercial mission for the newly formed NewSpace
India Limited (NSIL), PSLV-C51 will launch the 637 kg Brazillian
satellite Amazonia-1 and 18-co-passenger satellites from the
SDSC SHAR Range, Sriharikota, on February 28.
The launch will take place at 1024 hrs from the First Launch
Pad on Sunday.
today.
countdown for the launch would begin on Saturday during which
propellant filling operations would be taken up in the 44.4 m tall
four-stage vehicle.
restarted twice.
About 17 minutes after the launch, the fourth stage engine would
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an indigenous, third generation launch vehicle developed by ISRO. It comes in the category of medium-lift launchers with a reach up to the Geo Synchronous Transfer Orbit, Lower Earth Orbit, and Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit. PSLV operations are controlled from the Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota. PSLV is a four-stage rocket that combines solid and liquid propellants. The first stage at the very bottom is solid fuelled having six strap-on solid rocket boosters wrapped around it. The second stage is liquid-fuelled whereas the third stage has a solid fuelled rocket motor. At the fourth stage, the launcher uses a liquid propellant for a boost in outer space.