It is also ISRO s first space mission of 2021
28 Feb, 2021 - 11:21 AM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Sunday launched Brazil’s first indigenously made satellite, Amazonia-1, onboard its old warhorse PSLV from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It is also ISRO s first space mission of 2021.
The rocket PSLV C-51 blasted off from the first launch pad at Sriharikota at around 10:24 am, marking the 53rd successful spaceflight of PSLV. It was also the first dedicated commercial mission of the New Space India Ltd (NSIL), a newly formed public sector undertaking under the Department of Space.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has opened its doors to two Indian start-ups to test their satellites at the UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru.
For the first time in 50 years, two satellites by Indian startups SpaceKidz India and Pixxel (incorporated as Sygyzy) were tested at the UR Rao Satellite Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
NEW DELHI: A mega satellite that took eight years to be developed by Brazil has been successfully transported via a cargo flight from Sao Jose dos Campos to Chennai.
Amazonia-1, which will help monitor the ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest tropical rainforest, will be launched into space in February next year from the Sriharikota launch centre and will become part of Indian Space Research Organisation’s first satellite launch of 2021. Isro’s PSLV-C51 will not only launch Amazonia-1 satellite but also three private satellites built by Indian startups as secondary payloads.
Highlighting the significance of the upcoming first full commercial launch of 2021 involving satellites of desi startups, Isro chairman K Sivan told